Ephesians 2:17

Simplified Cowboy Version

He rode out and delivered the good news to the outsiders who were far away, but on his way, he gave the same good news to the Jews.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He came and proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

King James Version (1611)
And came, and preached peace to you, which were afarre off, and to them that were nigh.

King James Version
And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

English Standard Version
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.

New American Standard Bible
And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

New Century Version
Christ came and preached peace to you who were far away from God, and to those who were near to God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR;

Legacy Standard Bible
And He came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

Berean Standard Bible
He came and preached peace to you who were far away 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.

Complete Jewish Bible
Also, when he came, he announced as Good News shalom to you far off and shalom to those nearby ,

Darby Translation
and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

Easy-to-Read Version
Christ came and brought the message of peace to you non-Jews who were far away from God. And he brought that message of peace to those who were near to God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And came, and preached peace to you which were afarre off, & to them that were neere.

George Lamsa Translation
And he came and preached peace to you who are far away and to those who are near.

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.

Lexham English Bible
And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near,

Literal Translation
And coming, He proclaimed "peace to you, the ones afar off, and to the ones near." Isa. 57:19

Amplified Bible
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE TO YOU [Gentiles] WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE [Jews] WHO WERE NEAR.

American Standard Version
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

Bible in Basic English
And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

Hebrew Names Version
He came and preached shalom to you who were far off and to those who were near.

International Standard Version
He came and proclaimed peace for you who were far away and for you who were near.Psalm 148:14; Isaiah 57:19; Zechariah 9:10; Acts 2:39; 10:36; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 5:13-14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And coming, he preached peace to you, to the far off, and to the nigh; therefore,

Murdock Translation
And he came, and proclaimed peace to you afar off, and to those near:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of, and to them that were nye.

English Revised Version
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

World English Bible
He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he came and preached peace to you that were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

Weymouth's New Testament
So He came and proclaimed good news of peace to you who were so far away, and peace to those who were near;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he comynge prechide pees to you that weren fer, and pees to hem that weren niy;

Update Bible Version
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to those that were near:

Webster's Bible Translation
And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

New English Translation
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

New King James Version
And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

New Living Translation
He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near.

New Life Bible
Then Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to you who were far away from God. And He preached it to us who were near God.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, coming, he announced the glad-message - of peace, unto you, the far off, and peace, unto them that were nigh;

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

Revised Standard Version
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and came and preached peace to you which were afarre of and to them that were nye.

Young's Literal Translation
and having come, he did proclaim good news -- peace to you -- the far-off and the nigh,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and came and preached peace in the Gospell, vnto you which were afarre of, and to the that were nye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and being come, he preached the glad tidings of peace to YOU who were afar off, and to US that were nigh.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴Now there is peace throughout the land. Jesus has united the outsiders and the Jews together into one people. He broke down the barbed wire fence that separated us with his own body on the cross. ¹⁵He ended the Code, with all its rules and regulations, and made one crew out of two groups of people. ¹⁶Jesus's death on the cross made us right with God and allowed two enemies to ride for one brand. ¹⁷He rode out and delivered the good news to the outsiders who were far away, but on his way, he gave the same good news to the Jews. ¹⁸Now we ride right beside God and can ask him anything through the Holy Ghost. All of this is possible because of what Jesus did for us. ¹⁹So now you Gentiles are no longer outsiders. You are part of the crew along with all of God's other cowboys. Even more than that, you are part of God's family. ²⁰Together, we are his headquarters. It's built on the foundation laid by the handpicked cowboys and the prophets. The cornerstone of the headquarters is Christ Jesus himself. ²¹He's the one who everything is measured off of. We are joined together with him to make a holy place for God. ²²It's because of him you outsiders are now brought in and made a part of the place where God resides through his Spirit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and preached: Psalms 85:10, Isaiah 27:5, Isaiah 52:7, Isaiah 57:19-21, Zechariah 9:10, Matthew 10:13, Luke 2:14, Luke 15:5, Luke 15:6, Acts 2:39, Acts 10:36, Romans 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:20

that: Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:14, Deuteronomy 4:7, Psalms 75:1, Psalms 76:1, Psalms 76:2, Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Psalms 148:14, Luke 10:9-11

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:10 - then proclaim Deuteronomy 27:7 - peace offerings Judges 21:13 - call peaceably Job 25:2 - he maketh Psalms 29:11 - bless Psalms 65:5 - afar Psalms 73:27 - lo Psalms 85:8 - for he Psalms 119:155 - Salvation Isaiah 49:1 - and hearken Zechariah 3:9 - remove Mark 1:14 - preaching Mark 16:15 - into Luke 10:5 - General Luke 15:8 - and seek Luke 15:13 - and took Luke 15:20 - But Romans 10:15 - the gospel 2 Corinthians 5:18 - hath given Colossians 3:15 - to the Titus 1:3 - manifested 1 Peter 1:25 - this

Cross-References

Romans 1:32
They know this type of life leads to death, but they continue on like it's a joke. The only people they like are the ones who go with them toward the cliff.

Romans 6:16
Don't you know that when ya hire onto an outfit, ya gotta do things the way they do 'em—whether ya hire onto sin's outfit, which leads to death, or ya sign on to ride for the Lord, which leads to life.

Romans 8:2
Because you ride with him, the power of life he offers trumps the power of death sin offers.

1 Corinthians 15:22
I'm talking about how sin entered the world through Adam, and now, eternal life is waiting on us all through Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:56
Death's power to sting is sin, and the power of sin is the code.

Galatians 3:10
But those who trust in rules to make 'em right with God are cursed. The Good Book says, "Cursed is the cowboy who doesn't follow all the rules and obey them completely."

Ephesians 5:14
No one can hide from God's light. This is why this was spoken, "Get up sleeper, rise from your grave, and Christ will light your way."

Colossians 2:13
You were dead in your sin, but God made you alive in Christ.

1 Timothy 5:6
But keep a wary eye out for widows who don't really need help, but get the attention they desire with tearful sob stories. A woman who'd do that is dead already.

1 John 5:16
If you see a fellow cowboy doing something he shouldn't, you should pray for him and God will hear the prayer and bring him back. That's not to say there is a possibility someone could do something so heinous that God would turn their back on them. Possibly something as bad as turning their backs on God. Praying for that guy probably wouldn't do a lot of good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off,.... Which is to be understood not of Christ's coming in the flesh; for when he came in the flesh, he came only to the Jews that were nigh, and preached the Gospel in his own personal ministry to them, and not to the Gentiles, who are the persons afar off; Ephesians 2:12 but of his coming by his Spirit in the ministry of his apostles, to whom he gave a commission after he had made peace and reconciliation by the blood of his cross, to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the Gentiles in the furthest parts of the earth; and on whom he bestowed gifts, qualifying them for such service, and succeeded them in it by his power and grace: and the subject of their ministry was peace, Christ who is our peace, and peace made by his blood, and the Gospel of peace, which declares both these; and it is the means of making persons of peaceable dispositions; its doctrines and promises, when powerfully applied, give peace to distressed minds, and quiet to doubting saints; and it shows the way to eternal peace:

and to them that were nigh; to the Jews, to whom the Gospel of peace was preached in the first place, not only by Christ and his apostles, before his death; but by his apostles after his resurrection, and after the commission was given to preach it to the Gentiles; though they are mentioned last, because the apostle was speaking to Gentiles; and this also verifies what Christ says, the first shall be last, and the last first: the Alexandrian copy, some others, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, read "peace", in this clause, as in the former; the apostle seems to have respect to Isaiah 57:19 a like description and distinction of Jews and Gentiles may be observed in the writings of the Jews h; so they say,

"the Israelites are near unto the holy King, and the rest of the nations are far from him.''

h Zohar in Numb. fol. 89. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And came and preached peace - That is, the system of religion which he proclaimed, was adapted to produce peace with God. This he preached personally to those who “were nigh,” that is, the Jews; to those who were “afar off “ - the Gentiles - he preached it by his apostles. He was the author of the system which proclaimed salvation to both.

The word “peace” here refers to reconciliation with God.

To you which were afar off, ... - see the notes at Ephesians 2:13; compare the notes at Acts 2:39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. And came and preached peace — Proclaimed the readiness of God to forgive and save both Jews and Gentiles. Ephesians 2:13; Ephesians 2:13.