But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
And again: "But now, in Christ, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.".
and again to the same he says, "Ye who formerly were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ; "