New American Standard Bible 2020

Ephesians 2:14-19

14For He Himself is 1our peace, 2who made both groups into one and broke down the 3barrier of the dividing wall,

15 4by 5abolishing 6in His flesh the hostility, which is 7the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might 8 9make the two 10one new person, in this way establishing 11peace;

16and that He might 12reconcile them both in 13one body to God through the cross, 14by it having 15put to death the hostility.

17And 16He came and preached 17peace to you who were 18far away, and peace to those who were 19near;

18for through Him we both have 20our access in 21one Spirit to 22the Father.

19So then you are no longer 23strangers and foreigners, but you are 24fellow citizens with the 25saints, and are of 26God’s household,

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Notes

1. Ephesians 2:14 Is 9:6; Eph 2:15; Col 3:15 ↩
2. Ephesians 2:14 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11 ↩
3. Ephesians 2:14 Lit the dividing wall of the barrier ↩
4. Ephesians 2:15 Or the hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the Law ↩
5. Ephesians 2:15 Eph 2:16; Col 1:21f ↩
6. Ephesians 2:15 I.e., by His death ↩
7. Ephesians 2:15 Col 2:14, 20 ↩
8. Ephesians 2:15 Lit create ↩
9. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Eph 2:10; Col 3:10, 11 ↩
10. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Col 3:10f ↩
11. Ephesians 2:15 Is 9:6; Eph 2:14; Col 3:15 ↩
12. Ephesians 2:16 2 Cor 5:18; Col 1:20, 22 ↩
13. Ephesians 2:16 1 Cor 10:17; Eph 4:4 ↩
14. Ephesians 2:16 Or in Himself ↩
15. Ephesians 2:16 Eph 2:15 ↩
16. Ephesians 2:17 Is 57:19; Rom 10:14 ↩
17. Ephesians 2:17 Acts 10:36; Eph 2:14 ↩
18. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
19. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
20. Ephesians 2:18 Rom 5:2; Eph 3:12 ↩
21. Ephesians 2:18 1 Cor 12:13; Eph 4:4 ↩
22. Ephesians 2:18 Col 1:12 ↩
23. Ephesians 2:19 Eph 2:12; Heb 11:13; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
24. Ephesians 2:19 Phil 3:20; Heb 12:22f ↩
25. Ephesians 2:19 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
26. Ephesians 2:19 Gal 6:10 ↩

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