Ephesians 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 2:15

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;

KJV

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;

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Commentary

5 voices

Irenaeus

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 5 (202)

If, then, any one allege that in this respect the flesh of the Lord was different from ours, because it indeed did not commit sin, neither was deceit found in His soul, while we, on the other hand, are sinners, he says what is the fact. But if he pretends that the Lord possessed another substance of flesh, the sayings respecting reconciliation will not agree with that man. For that thing is reconciled which had formerly been in enmity.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And hath broken down the middle wall of partition - Alluding to that wall of old, which separated the court of Israel from the court of the gentiles. Such a wall was the ceremonial law, which Christ had now taken away.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus he made in himself of twain one new man. He framed both these parties into one new society, or body of God's people, uniting them to himself as their common head, they being renewed by the Holy Ghost, and now concurring in a new way of gospel worship, so making peace between these two parties, who were so much at variance before.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Having abolished - Having brought to naught, or put an end to it - καταργήσας katargēsas. In his flesh - By the sacrifice of his body on the cross. It was not by instruction merely; it was not by communicating the knowledge of God; it was not as a teacher; it was not by the mere exertion of power; it was by his flesh - his human nature - and this can mean only that he did it by his sacrifice of himself.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ro 8:3). the law of commandments contained in--Greek, "the law of the commandments (consisting) in ordinances." This law was "the partition" or "fence," which embodied the expression of the "enmity" (the "wrath" of God against our sin, and our enmity to Him, Eph 2:3) (Ro 4:15;

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
νόμον	nomon	law	G3551 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
ἐντολῶν	entolōn	of commandments	G1785 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
δόγμασιν	dogmasin	ordinances	G1378 →
καταργήσας,	katargēsas	having annulled,	G2673 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
κτίσῃ	ktisē	He may create	G2936 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ἕνα	hena	one	G1520 →
καινὸν	kainon	new	G2537 →
ἄνθρωπον	anthrōpon	man	G444 →
ποιῶν	poiōn	making	G4160 →
εἰρήνην,	eirēnēn	peace,	G1515 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 3:10
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 27:26
  ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Through
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
  The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Colossians 3:11
  Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Romans 3:29–30
  Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Galatians 5:6
  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Romans 10:12–15
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
Through
Colossians 2:14
having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
leads to
- Ephesians 2:14–16
  For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
- Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.