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Ephesians 2:15
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;
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;
Verse 15. _HAVING ABOLISHED IN HIS FLESH_] By his _incarnation_ and _death_ he not only made an atonement for sin, but he appointed the _doctrine of reconciliation_ to God, and of _love to each other_...
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 co...
3. THE MYSTERY MADE KNOWN Chapter S 2:11-3:21 _ 1. The condition of the Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11)_ 2. But now in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:13) 3. The new and great relationship (Ephesians 2
THE GENTILE IS NOW ONE WITH THE JEW IN GOD'S NEW MAN, AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF GOD'S TEMPLE. Those who, like the readers, were once Gentiles, are especially bound to remember the condition from which t...
So then remember, that once, as far as human descent goes, you were Gentiles; you were called the uncircumcision by those who laid claim to that circumcision which is a physical thing, and a thing pro...
THE CHRISTLESS LIFE AND THE GRACE OF GOD (Ephesians 2:1-10)...
But as things now are, because of what Christ Jesus has done, you who were once far off have been brought near, at the price of the blood of Christ. For it is he who is our peace; it is he who made bo...
ABOLISHED. done away with. Greek. _katargeo._ See Romans 3:3. HIS FLESH. i.e. His death. ENMITY. See Romans 8:7. THE LAW... IN ORDINANCES. the law of the dogmatic commandments. Compare Romans 8:4....
_having abolished_, &c. Lit., THE ENMITY, IN HIS FLESH, THE LAW OF THE COMMANDMENTS IN DECREES, ANNULLING. In this difficult verse our best guide is the Ep. to the Romans, esp. Romans 7:1-6; Romans 8:...
Ephesians 2:15. ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΑΣ אAB &c. καταρτίσας D*. Ephesians 2:21. ΠΑ͂ΣΑ ΟἸΚΟΔΟΜῊ א*BDG _al_ Clem Orig Chrys. πᾶσα ἡ οἰκ. א*ACP _al mult_. Ephesians 3:5. Τ. ἉΓΊΟΙΣ�. ΠΡΟΦΉΤΑΙΣ אAC &c.
ΤῸΝ ΝΌΜΟΝ ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΝΤΟΛΩ͂Ν ἘΝ ΔΌΓΜΑΣΙΝ. This phrase would be unintelligible apart from the comment provided by Colossians 2:14; Colossians 2:20. This clear parallel however shows that St Paul is thinking...
ΝΌΜΟΣ (G3551) закон. Здесь может обозначать закон Моисея, ΈΝΤΟΛΏΝ _gen. pl._ от ΕΝΤΟΛΉ (G1785) заповедь, ΔΌΓΜΑ (G1378) указ. Закон состоял из разных указаний, ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΚΑΤΑΡΓ...
HAVING ABOLISHED—THE ENMITY,— It was the ritual law of the Jews which kept them and the Gentiles at an irreconcileable distance, so that they could come to no terms of a fair correspondence: the force...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 2:11-22) D. Once aliens, now fellow-citizens with the saints. Ephesians 2:11-22. (This section is addressed to Gentile Christians, Ephesians 2:11.)
The End of the Law...
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; Rather, make "enmity" an apposition to...
1 Compare the condition of the two classes with that of the individual believer in Rom_6:2. Such as have "died to sin" "together with Christ", "are vivified together with Him", and "are reckoning them...
GENTILES AND JEWS ARE NOW ONE IN CHIRST 1-10. Further illustration of God'S power. He raised both Gentiles and Jews from the death of sin and exalted them to Christ's side....
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 2 2:1-10 ~ *SALVATION BY *GRACE 2:1-3 ~ OUR PAST LIFE V1 In past days, you were *spiritually dead be...
(2 _b._)_ Ephesians 2:14_ pass on from the description of the call of the heathen to personal union with God in Christ, to dwell on the perfect unity and equality of Jew and Gentile with each other in...
The connection in the original is doubtful. The words the “enmity in His flesh” may be in apposition to the “wall of partition” in the previous verse; or, as in our version, to “the law of commandment...
CHAPTER 10 THE DOUBLE RECONCILIATION Ephesians 2:14 "PEACE, peace-to the far off, and to the near!" Such was God's promise to His scattered people in the times of the exile. Isaiah 57:19 St. Paul se...
The second half of this chapter makes a paragraph by itself. Its subject is the case of those Gentile believers whom Paul has immediately in view their heathen past and their Christian present. They a...
τὴν ἔχθραν : _to wit the enmity_. Many (Luth., Calv., De Wette, etc.) take this to be a figure for the Mosaic Law. But the ἔχθρα is in antithesis to the εἰρήνη of Ephesians 2:14, and the specification...
RECONCILED AND UNITED BY THE CROSS Ephesians 2:11 The state of the unconverted must be described by a series of negations. Shut the sun out of the world, love out of the home, liberty out of the stat...
The next subject is the edification or building of the Church. The materials of the building are found amid things which are absolutely opposed to the will and purpose of God. From this material God,...
Unity In Christ Jesus became a man so that the law of Moses with all its commands and ordinances could be put out of the way. This was done by causing it to cease being a law in force. Thus, where th...
(11) В¶ Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (12) That at that time...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
Grace That Unifies I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Chapter one of Ephesians, Paul told us in verse 6 that Jesus has "made us accepted in the beloved." 1. And we talked about the Greek...
15._Having abolished in his flesh the enmity. _The meaning of Paul’s words is now clear. _The middle wall of partition _hindered Christ from forming Jews and Gentiles into one body, and therefore the...
In Chapter 2 [4] the operation of the power of God on earth, for the purpose of bringing souls into the enjoyment of their heavenly privileges, and thus of forming the assembly here below, is presente...
HAVING ABOLISHED IN HIS FLESH THE ENMITY,.... The ceremonial law, as appears by what follows, EVEN THE LAW OF COMMANDMENTS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCES; which consisted of many precepts, and carnal ordina...
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; Ver. 15. _Having abolished in his f...
_Having abolished in his flesh_ By the sufferings and death endured therein; _the_ cause of _enmity_ between the Jews and Gentiles, _even the law_ of ceremonial _commandments, contained in ordinances_...
ABOLISHED IN HIS FLESH; by his death he abolished the ceremonial law, that cause of enmity and separation between Jews and Gentiles. CONTAINED IN ORDINANCES; thus he characterizes the Mosaic economy...
BELIEVERS CHANGED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH (vs.1-10) The first three verse of chapter 2 go back to consider the state and circumstances from which the Ephesians had been brought, the same sad state to...
CHAPTER 2 Before we can fully understand the _________ we have in Christ, we must understand our condition of our __________ without Christ. God has ____________ us. This word means that God has mad...
“HAVING ABOLISHED IN THE 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” “Having abolished”: To bring t...
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 Jewis...
HAVING ABOLISHED; abrogated, taken away the power of binding men. IN HIS FLESH; not the flesh of sacrificed beasts but his own flesh: before he mentioned his blood, and now his flesh, to imply the who...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V and again, "Abolishing in His flesh the enmities, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances."[122] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V What is near, an...
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‘For he himself is our peace, who has made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, that h...
Ephesians 2:15. TO WIT, THE ENMITY. The order of the original favors the view that ‘enmity' is in apposition with ‘middle wall' (Ephesians 2:14); but the reading of the E. V. is not an impossible one....
2. _Redemption in Christ as Reconciliation between Jew and Gentile_, _because both are reconciled with God._ The Apostle bases upon his previous statement (especially Ephesians 2:1-7) an exhortation t...
HAVING ABOLISHED (καταργησας). First aorist active participle of καταργεω, to make null and void.THE ENMITY (την εχθραν). But it is very doubtful if την εχθραν (old word from εχθρος, hostile, Luke...
NEW MAN Here the "new man" is not the individual believer, but the church, considered as the body of Christ in the sense of (Ephesians 1:22); (Ephesians 1:23); (1 Corinthians 12:12); ...
Ephesians 2:11 Judaism and Christianity. I. To Paul the moral confusion and the religious desolation of the Gentiles were appalling. He believed that they were enduring the just penalties of their ow...
Ephesians 2:15 St. Paul appears to regard the Jew as an incomplete or half-man till he found the Gentile, the Gentile as an incomplete or half-man till he found the Jew. He does not speak of opinions...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins:_ These were your grave clothes. You were wrapped up in them. Nay, this was your sarcophagus. You were shut up in it, a...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;_ What a great change, then, has taken place in the people of God! It is described as being similar to the resurrection...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;_ Then you owe your very life to him. You were dead, you were like a corrupt carcass, but his life has been breathed in...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened,_ Is it so? Can anyone lay his hand on your shoulder, and say right into your ear, «You hath he quickened»? If so, why this deadness of spirit? Why this worl...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened,_ You, who were by nature dead are now made alive unto God by the holy Spirit. If you had nothing else to think of, all day long, but just these five words,...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you he hath quickened._ Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? Ephesians 2:1. _Who were dead in trespasses and sins;_ Look back to what you used to be, to the h...
CONTENTS: Method of Gentile salvation. Jew and Gentile made one body in Christ, a habitation of God through the Spirit. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: A state of sin apart from Christ, is a sta...
Ephesians 2:1. _You hath he quickened._ The word quickened is not in the Greek, but the old Latin version repeats it here from the fifth verse, presuming it to be implied. It reads well without it, th...
HE ABOLISHED THE JEWISH LAW. "By the bloody-death of his Cross, he abolished the Jewish Law with all its rites!!! He did this to create ONE NEW PEOPLE in union with himself." On the _wall_ between Jew...
_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._ CHRIST ABOLISHING THE ENMITY In this difficult passage...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 2:11 Unity and the Peace of Christ. Paul continues the new creation theme he introduced in v. Ephesians 2:10. The focus shifts from G
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 2:15 LAW. The additional mention of COMMANDMENTS and ORDINANCES identifies this as the Mosaic law, which included many commandments that served to separate I
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:13. YE WHO SOMETIMES WERE FAR OFF ARE MADE NIGH.—The Gentile may sing his hymn in Jewish words: “Doubtless Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 2:1 SPIRITUAL HISTORY OF THE EPHESIANS. This passage corresponds to Genesis 1:1. It is a history of creation, and we note the same great stages. 1. C
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ephesians, the second chapter. Paul is going to talk about someone tonight...very interesting. You! Well, at least you are interested in the subject. For many of you...
2 Corinthians 5:17; Colossians 1:22; Colossians 2:14; Colossians 2:20;...
Having abolished in His flesh the enmity [τ η ν ε χ θ ρ α ν ε ν τ η σ α ρ κ ι α υ τ ο υ κ α τ α ρ γ η σ α ς]. The enmity immediately follows the middle wall of partition, and should be rendered in app...
Having abolished by his suffering in the flesh the cause of enmity between the Jews and gentiles, even the law of ceremonial commandments, through his decrees — Which offer mercy to all; see Colossian...