Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. A Christian Hindoo was dying, and his heathen comrades came around him, and tried to comfort him by reading some of the pages of their theology; but he waved his hand, as much as to say, "I don't want to hear it." Then they called in a heathen priest, and he said, "If you will only recite the Numtra it will deliver you from hell." He waved his hand, as much as to say, "I don't want to hear that." Then they said, "Call on Juggernaut." He shook his head, as much as to say, "I can't do that." Then they thought perhaps he was too weary to speak, and they said, "Now, if you can't say 'Juggernaut,' think of that god." He shook his head again, as much as to say, "No, no, no." Then they bent down to his pillow, and they said, "In what will you trust?" His face lighted up with the very glories of the celestial sphere as he cried out, rallying all his dying energies, "Jesus!" (Dr. Talmage.) Parallel Verses KJV: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.WEB: But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. |
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