t which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In the body And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be 11 Wherefore remem-u When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, ber, that ye [being] in neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened..... Who chan time past Gentiles in ged the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the flesh, the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Rom. i. 21, 25. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind. And such were some of you. 1 Cor. vi. 9, 11. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 1 Cor. xii. 2. This I say therefore and testify in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in ▾ who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12. ye were without Christ the vanity of their mind. Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. Who being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Ephes. iv. 17, 18, 19. For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries. 1 Peter iv. 3. And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give That at that time" And, behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same * being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Deut. xiv. 21. Thus saith the Lord God, No stranger uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that [is] among the children of Israel. Ezek. xliv. 9. y and strangers from|| the covenants of promise, Z z having no hope And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Gen. xvii. 1, 7, 8. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. Galat. iii. 16. And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof. Exod. xii. 43. And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof,] because they [are] holy. Exod. xxix. 33. Ye worship ye know not what we know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. John iv. 22. Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Acts iii. 25. Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises. Rom. ix. 4. z O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. Jer. xvii. 13. I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 1 Thess. iv. 13. a and without God in a They have no knowledge that set up the wood of their the world. graven image, and pray unto a God [that] cannot save. Isai. xlv. 20. Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter? Acts xix. 35. The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. 1 Cor. x. 20. When ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. Galat. iv. 8. Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God. 1 Thess. iv. 5. Sirs, why do ye these things? We are also men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things . b But now in Christ Jesus who sometimes ye were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, b that are therein: Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Acts xiv. 15, 16. Be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins; and ye shall recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Acts ii. 38, 39. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Cor. vi. 11. And you, that were sometime alienated and eneemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death. Coloss. i. 21. 22. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. 1 Peter. iii. 18. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. Revelat. v. 9. And The c For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah. ix. 6. The chastisement of our peace [was] upon Him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isai. liii. 5. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,[though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting. this [man] shall be the peace. Micah. v. 2, 5. word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ; (he is Lord of all;) Acts. x. 36. Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: Romans. v. 1. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say,] whether [they be] things in earth or things in heaven. Coloss. i. 20. To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all: first by interpretation, King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Hebr. vii. 2. d who hath made both In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and one with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land; Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. Isaiah. xix. 24, 25 e and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us ;] 15 f Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; 8 for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace; e f And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied, that Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but also that he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. John xi. 51. 52. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Galat. iii. 28. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold [and] one Shepherd. John x. 16. It had a wall round about five hundred [reeds] long, and sanctuary and the profane place. Ezek. xlii. 20. five hundred broad, to make a separation between the And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; Matthew. xxvii. 51. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. Rom. viii. 3. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. Galat. iii. 10, 13. Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his Cross. Coloss. ii. 14. Wherefore when He cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein;] which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all]. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. Heb. x. 5, 8, 9, 10, 19, 20. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Gala. iii. 27, 28. 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