Ephesians 2:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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”
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“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”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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;”
King James Version · Public Domain“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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 2:15 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Galatians 3:10All 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.”
- Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- Ephesians 4:16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
- Colossians 1:21Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
- Colossians 2:14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
- Colossians 2:20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
- Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Hebrews 7:16one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
- Hebrews 8:13By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
- Hebrews 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- Hebrews 9:23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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