Efeslilere 2:13

Ki̇tap (Turkish Bible)

13 Ama bir zamanlar uzak olan sizler, şimdi Mesih İsada Mesihin kanı sayesinde yakın kılındınız.

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in: Romans 8:1, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 3:28

were: Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 2:17, Ephesians 2:19-22, Ephesians 3:5-8, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 73:27, Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 24:15, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 43:6, Isaiah 49:12, Isaiah 57:19, Isaiah 60:4, Isaiah 60:9, Isaiah 66:19, Jeremiah 16:19, Acts 2:39, Acts 15:14, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:18, Romans 15:8-12

are: Ephesians 2:16, Ephesians 1:7, Romans 3:23-30, Romans 5:9, Romans 5:10, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Colossians 1:13, Colossians 1:14, Colossians 1:21, Colossians 1:22, Hebrews 9:18, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19, 1 Peter 3:18, Revelation 5:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:27 - dwell Leviticus 3:6 - a sacrifice Leviticus 4:7 - all the blood Leviticus 19:5 - a sacrifice Numbers 9:10 - be unclean Numbers 16:5 - will cause Numbers 17:13 - any thing Deuteronomy 23:8 - enter into 2 Chronicles 6:32 - the stranger Psalms 119:150 - draw nigh Psalms 148:14 - a people Proverbs 15:29 - far Song of Solomon 8:8 - what Isaiah 46:12 - that Isaiah 65:1 - I am sought Ezekiel 37:19 - Behold Ezekiel 40:46 - which come Ezekiel 47:22 - and to the strangers Zechariah 6:13 - and the Zechariah 6:15 - they Zechariah 9:10 - he shall Zechariah 11:7 - Bands Matthew 3:9 - God Matthew 27:51 - the veil Luke 15:13 - and took Luke 15:20 - But Acts 10:35 - in Acts 10:36 - preaching Romans 11:30 - as ye Ephesians 3:6 - the Gentiles Colossians 1:20 - having made peace Hebrews 7:19 - we

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now in Christ Jesus,.... Being openly and visibly in Christ, created in him, and become believers in him; as they were before secretly in him, as chosen and blessed in him before the foundation of the world:

ye who sometimes were far off; who in their state of unregeneracy were afar off from God, and from his law, and from any spiritual knowledge of him and fellowship with him; and from Jesus Christ, and from the knowledge of his righteousness, and the way of salvation by him; and from the Spirit, and any acquaintance with the things of the Spirit, and from minding them, and from walking after him; and from the saints and people of God, and from any love to them, and communion with them; and from any solid hopes of happiness, or real peace and comfort; which distance was owing both to Adam's sin and to their own transgressions: it is an observation of a Jewish writer a on Genesis 3:9 "where art thou?" he (God) knew where he was, but he said so to show him that he was מרוחפ, "afar off from" God by his sin: see Isaiah 59:2, and yet

are made nigh by the blood of Christ: so as to have nearness of access to and communion with God, Father, Son, and Spirit, and the saints, in virtue of the blood of Christ; which gives boldness and speaks peace; by which their persons are justified, the pardon of their sins is procured, reconciliation is made, and their garments are washed, and made white; and so they draw nigh with confidence by the faith of him.

a R. Abraham Seba, Tzeror Hammor, fol. 7. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But now, in Christ Jesus - By the coming and atonement of the Lord Jesus, and by the gospel which he preached.

Ye who sometimes were afar off - Who were “formerly” - ποτὲ pote Tyndale translates it, “a whyle agoo.” The phrase “afar off” - μακρὰν makran - means that they were formerly far off from God and his people. The expression is derived from the custom of speaking among the Hebrews. God was supposed to reside in the temple. It was a privilege to be near the temple. Those who were remote from Jerusalem and the temple were regarded as far off from God, and hence as especially irreligious and wicked; see the notes at Isaiah 57:19.

Are made nigh - Are admitted to the favor of God, and permitted to approach him as his worshippers.

By the blood of Christ - The Jews came near to the mercy seat on which the symbol of the divine presence rested (the notes at Romans 3:25), by the blood that was offered in sacrifice; that is, the high priest approached that mercy-seat with blood and sprinkled it before God. Now we are permitted to approach him with the blood of the atonement. The shedding of that blood has prepared the way by which Gentiles as well as Jews may approach God, and it is by that offering that we are led to seek God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. Ye who sometimes were far off — To be far off, and to be near, are sayings much in use among the Jews; and among them, to be near signifies,

1. To be in the approbation or favour of God; and to be far off signifies to be under his displeasure. So a wicked Jew might be said to be far off from God when he was exposed to his displeasure; and a holy man, or a genuine penitent, might be said to be nigh to God, because such persons are in his favour.

2. Every person who offered a sacrifice to God was considered as having access to him by the blood of that sacrifice: hence the priests, whose office it was to offer sacrifices, were considered as being nigh to God; and all who brought gifts to the altar were considered as approaching the Almighty.

3. Being far off, signified the state of the Gentiles as contradistinguished from the Jews, who were nigh. And these expressions were used in reference to the tabernacle, God's dwelling-place among the Israelites, and the sacrifices there offered. All those who had access to this tabernacle, or were nigh to it or encamped about it, were said to be nigh to God; those who had no access to it were said to be far off.

Hence the latter phrase is used to distinguish the Gentiles from the Jewish people; and this appears to be the meaning of the prophet, Isaiah 57:19: I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; i.e. I give cause of praise and rejoicing to the Gentile as well as to the Jew. And to this scripture, and to this thing, the apostle seems here to allude. You Gentiles, who were unacquainted with God, and were even without God in the world, are brought to an acquaintance with him; and are now, through Christ Jesus, brought into the favour and fellowship of God. And as the Jews of old approached God by the blood of their sacrifices, so you approach him by the blood of Christ.