Unified
Unity in Christ: Embracing Peace Beyond Differences
Lyrics
Therefore remember that formerly you
Remember that in the past, you
The Gentiles in the flesh—who are called
Refers to non-Jewish people (Gentiles) in physical terms
"uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is
Those Gentiles referred to as "uncircumcision" by Jews who consider themselves as "circumcision" due to physical circumcision
Performed on the body by human hands
Physical circumcision performed manually
Remember that you were at that time without the
During that period, you existed without
Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and
Without the Messiah, separated from being part of Israel, and
Strangers to the covenants of promise, having
Alienated from the agreements made by God, without
No hope and without God in the world
No expectations and devoid of God's presence in the world
But now in Christ Jesus
But now, because of Jesus Christ,
You who used to be far away
You who were distant previously
You have been brought near
Have been brought close or near
By the blood of Christ
Through the sacrificial death of Christ
For he is our peace, the one
Because he is our peace, the one who
Who made both groups into one
Unified both groups into a single entity
And who destroyed the middle wall
And eradicated the barrier between them
Of partition, hostility
That represented hostility or enmity
When he nullified
By abolishing
In his flesh the law
The Jewish law through his physical body
Of commandments
Which comprised commandments
In decrees
And decrees
He did this to make
He did this to create
In himself one new man
A new unified being in himself
Out of two
Out of two separate groups
Thus making peace
Thus establishing harmony or peace
And to reconcile them both
And to reconcile both parties
In one body to God
Into one body connected to God
Through the cross, by which the hostility
Through the cross, which eliminated hostility
Has been killed
By ending the division and conflict
When he nullified
By nullifying
In his flesh the law
The Jewish law through his physical body
Of commandments
Which comprised commandments
In decrees
And decrees
He did this to make
He did this to create
In himself one new man
A new unified being in himself
Out of two
Out of two separate groups
Thus making peace
Thus establishing harmony or peace
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