18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
18 He treated us as equals, and so made us equals. Through him we both share the same Spirit and have equal access to the Father.
18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
18 Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by
22 all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.
22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
22 Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
(Read Ephesians 2:19-22)
The church is compared to a city, and every converted sinner is free of it. It is also compared to a house, and every converted sinner is one of the family; a servant, and a child in God's house. The church is also compared to a building, founded on the doctrine of Christ; delivered by the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New. God dwells in all believers now; they become the temple of God through the working of the blessed Spirit. Let us then ask if our hopes are fixed on Christ, according to the doctrine of his word? Have we devoted ourselves as holy temples to God through him? Are we habitations of God by the Spirit, are we spiritually-minded, and do we bring forth the fruits of the Spirit? Let us take heed not to grieve the holy Comforter. Let us desire his gracious presence, and his influences upon our hearts. Let us seek to discharge the duties allotted to us, to the glory of God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ephesians 2:18
Commentary on Ephesians 2:14-18
(Read Ephesians 2:14-18)
Jesus Christ made peace by the sacrifice of himself; in every sense Christ was their Peace, the author, centre, and substance of their being at peace with God, and of their union with the Jewish believers in one church. Through the person, sacrifice, and mediation of Christ, sinners are allowed to draw near to God as a Father, and are brought with acceptance into his presence, with their worship and services, under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, as one with the Father and the Son. Christ purchased leave for us to come to God; and the Spirit gives a heart to come, and strength to come, and then grace to serve God acceptably.