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Ephesians 2:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace, "
Ephesians 2:15
Verse in Context
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13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,
15 having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,
16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
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Ephesians 2:1
"You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,"
Ephesians 2:2
"in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience."
Ephesians 2:3
"We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest."
Ephesians 2:4
"But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,"
Ephesians 2:5
"even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—"
Ephesians 2:6
"and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,"
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