Ephesians 2:17
Good News Translation
So Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to all--to you Gentiles, who were far away from God, and to the Jews, who were near to him.

New Revised Standard Version
So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;

Contemporary English Version
Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God.

New American Bible
He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were nigh.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were nigh.

and preached.

Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

Isaiah 27:5 Or rather shall it take hold of my strength, shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace with me?

Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: of him that sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall reign!

Isaiah 57:19-21 I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him. . . .

Zechariah 9:10 And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow for war shall be broken: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power shall be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

Matthew 10:13 And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.

Luke 15:5,6 And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing? . . .

Acts 2:39 For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

Acts 10:36 God sent the word to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all).

Romans 5:1 Being justified therefore by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Corinthians 5:20 For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us, for Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.

that.

Ephesians 2:13,14 But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:7 Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

Psalm 75:1 Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph. [2] We will praise thee, O God: we will praise, and we will call upon thy name. We will relate thy wondrous works:

Psalm 76:1,2 Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph: a canticle to the Assyrians. [2] In Judea God is known: his name is great in Israel. . . .

Psalm 147:19,20 Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel. . . .

Psalm 148:14 The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.

Luke 10:9-11 And heal the sick that are therein and say to them: The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. . . .

Context
One in Christ
16And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself. 17And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were nigh. 18For by him we have access both in one Spirit to the Father.…
Cross References
Psalm 148:14
The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.

Isaiah 57:19
I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.

Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

Acts 10:36
God sent the word to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all).

Romans 10:14
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:14
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:

Ephesians 4:21
If so be that you have heard him and have been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Ephesians 2:16
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