It was through what His Son did
that God cleared a path for everything to come to Him
all things in heaven and on earth
for Christ's death on the cross
has made peace with God for all
by his blood.
This includes you who were once so far away
from God.
You were His enemies and hated Him
and were separated from him
by your evil thoughts and actions,
yet now
He has brought you back as His friends.
He has done this through the death on the cross
of His own human body, and now as a result
Christ has brought you into the very presence of God,
and you are standing there before Him
with nothing left against you--
nothing left that He could even chide you for;
the only condition is that you fully believe the Truth,
standing in it steadfast and firm, strong in the Lord,
convinced of the Good News that Jesus died for you,
and never shifting from trusting Him to save you.
This is the wonderful news that came to each of you
and is now spreading all over the world.
And I, Paul, have the joy of telling it to others.
