Ephesians 2:18
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.
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- KJV
- For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
- WEB
- For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- ASV
- for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
- DARBY
- For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father.
- BLB
- For through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
- ÅB
- for ved ham har vi begge adgang til Faren i en Ånd.
- OTB
- For gjennom Ham har vi begge adgang til Faderen ved én Ånd.
- B1930
- for ved ham har vi begge adgang til Faderen i en Ånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 3:12
In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:13
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
Read in contextRomans 5:2
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Read in contextEphesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Read in contextHebrews 10:19–20
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Read in contextJohn 10:9
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
Read in contextJohn 10:7
So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
Read in context