Ephesians 2:15
and the enmity, through his flesh; and the law of prescriptions, with its requirements, he hath abolished, that of the two he might create in himself one new man, and make peace;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
16and hath reconciled the two in one body with Aloha, and by his cross hath slain the enmity.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:17Whoever therefore is in the Meshiha is a new creature; the old things have passed, and every thing hath become new
Galatians 3:28Jihudoya or Aramoya is not; the slave or the free is not; male or female is not; for you are all one in Jeshu Meshiha.
Ephesians 4:16who is the head, by whom the whole body is increased and compacted in all the limbs, according to the gift which is given in proportion to every member for the increase of the body itself, that in love its structure might be completed.
Colossians 2:14and hath blotted out in his mandates the writing of our debts that was against us, and hath taken it from the midst, and affixed it to his cross;
Colossians 3:10and wear the new, who is renovated by knowledge in the image of his Creator,
Hebrews 8:13In that he said, THE NEW, he hath made the former old: and that which is antiquated, and hath grown old, is nigh unto decay.
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 →