Ezekiel 13:9
John 10:16
16I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd.Isa 56:8; Ezek 37:22; Eph 2:14; 1Pet 2:25Romans 9:4
4They are Israelites. To them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, ▼▼Other mss. read the covenant
the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.Exod 4:22; Deut 7:6; 14:1; 1Sam 4:21; 1Kings 8:11; Ps 63:2; 78:61; 147:19; Jer 31:9; Acts 3:25; 13:32; Rom 3:2; Eph 2:12; Heb 8:8-10; 9:1 Romans 9:8
8That is, it is not the children of natural descent who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as descendants.Gal 4:28Galatians 4:8
8However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all. ▼▼Lit. gods by nature
Rom 1:25; 1Cor 12:2; Eph 2:11-12; 1Thes 1:9; 4:5 Ephesians 4:18
18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.Acts 26:18; Rom 1:21; Gal 4:8; Eph 2:12; 1Thes 4:5Colossians 1:21
21You who were once alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, ▼▼Lit. in evil deeds
Eph 2:1-2, 12, 19; 4:18; Titus 1:15-16 1 Thessalonians 4:5
5not with passion and lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;Rom 1:24, 26; 1Cor 15:34; Gal 4:8; Eph 2:12; 4:17-18; Col 3:5; 2Thes 1:81 Thessalonians 4:13
13Comfort about Christians Who Have DiedBut we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.Lev 19:28; Deut 14:2; 2Sam 12:20; Eph 2:12
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