14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
14 The Messiah has made things up between us so that we're now together on this, both non-Jewish outsiders and Jewish insiders. He tore down the wall we used to keep each other at a distance.
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,
14 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.
16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
16 Christ brought us together through his death on the Cross. The Cross got us to embrace, and that was the end of the hostility.
16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
(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.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
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.
(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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ephesians 2:14
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.