Ephesians 2:15
having abolished in his flesh the enmity--the law of the commandments in ordinances--so that he might create in himself the two into one new man, making peace,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the dividing wall of partition,
16and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity by it.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:17So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.
Galatians 3:28There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondman nor freeman, there is no male and female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 4:16from whom the whole body, joined together and united together through every connection of the supply, according to the working of each one part within a standard, makes the growth of the body for the construction of itself by love.
Colossians 2:14having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.
Colossians 3:10and having put on the new man, being renewed in knowledge according to an image of him who created him,
Hebrews 8:13In saying, New, he has made the first old. And what is becoming old and obsolete is near disappearance.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:15-22
The Union of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 61.) 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 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; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For… Read the whole commentary →