Ephesians 2:14
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:6For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
Ezekiel 34:24And I the Lord will be their God: and my servant David the prince in the midst of them: I the Lord have spoken it.
Micah 5:5And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Luke 1:79To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.
John 10:16And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:12-14
The Miserable Condition of the Ephesians by Nature. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. In… Read the whole commentary →