Ephesians 2:15
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
- KJV
- Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
- WEB
- having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,
- ASV
- having abolished in the flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, [so] making peace;
- DARBY
- having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
- BLB
- having annulled in His flesh the law of commandments in decrees, so that He might create in Himself the two into one new man, making peace,
- ÅB
- idet han ved sitt kjød avskaffet den lov som kom med bud og forskrifter, for at han ved seg selv kunne skape de to til ett nytt menneske, idet han gjorde fred,
- OTB
- ved å oppheve loven med dens bud og forskrifter, for at Han i seg selv kunne skape én ny menneskehet ut av de to, og slik stifte fred,
- B1930
- idet han ved sitt kjød avskaffet den lov som kom med bud og forskrifter, forat han ved sig selv kunde skape de to til ett nytt menneske, idet han gjorde fred,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 2:14
having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
Read in contextGalatians 3:10
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Read in contextColossians 1:21–22
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
Read in contextHebrews 8:13
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
Read in contextGalatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
Read in contextGalatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextColossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Read in contextColossians 2:20
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
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