以弗所書 2:14-16 CUNPTS

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:14

For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition.Our peace ... The mind of the great apostle still lingered upon the glorious prophecies of Isaiah (see under Ephesians 2:13); and in such a frame of mind Paul would most certainly have included in his thoughts the prophecy of the Son of God who had assured his apostles that the Jewish temple itself would be utterly devastated and destroyed within the time-span of a single generation after Jesus spoke (Mark... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:15

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.Abolished in his flesh ... The thought here is similar to that in Hebrews 10:20, where the new and living way is said to have been opened up through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, thus lending probability to the view of Russell that Paul was referring to the veil of the temple ("middle wall" in Ephesians 2:14) which was... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:16

And might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.Reconcile ... All of the enmity and hatred of previous class distinctions are dissolved and disappear through the creation of a new man, the Christian, who is then no longer a Jew nor a Gentile but a participant of the newness of life in Christ Jesus.In one body ... This is equivalent to the church, the commonwealth of the new Israel, the spiritual body of Christ, the community of new creatures... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:14

Ephesians 2:14. He is our peace,— Mr. Locke would have this to be the same with your peace, and to be meant of the Gentile converts of whom the Apostle had been speaking just before; but it is evident that the reconciliation as well as the enmity was mutual; and the Jews were at least as strongly prejudiced against the Gentiles as the Gentiles against the Jews. The Apostle therefore, with consummate propriety, makes use of terms which were intended to include all true believers, whether... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:15

Ephesians 2:15. 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 whereof was so great, that even after Christ was come, and had put an end to the obligation of that law, yet it was almost impossible to bring them together; and this was that which in the beginning most obstructed the progress of the gospel, and disturbed the Gentile converts. The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:14

14. he—Greek, "Himself" alone, pre-eminently, and none else. Emphatical. our peace—not merely "Peacemaker," but "Himself" the price of our (Jews' and Gentiles' alike) peace with God, and so the bond of union between "both" in God. He took both into Himself, and reconciled them, united, to God, by His assuming our nature and our penal and legal liabilities (Ephesians 2:15; Isaiah 9:5; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 53:5; Micah 5:5; Colossians 1:20). His title, "Shiloh," means the same (Genesis 49:10). the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:15

15. Rather, make "enmity" an apposition to "the middle wall of partition"; "Hath broken down the middle wall of partition (not merely as English Version, 'between us,' but also between all men and God), to wit, the enmity ( :-) by His flesh" (compare Ephesians 2:16; Romans 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... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:16

16. Translate, "might altogether reconcile them both in one body (the Church, :-) unto God through His cross." The Greek for "reconcile" (apocatalaxe), found only here and in Colossians 1:20, expresses not only a return to favor with one (catallage), but so to lay aside enmity that complete amity follows; to pass from enmity to complete reconciliation [TITTMANN]. slain the enmity—namely, that had been between man and God; and so that between Jew and Gentile which had resulted from it. By His... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:11-19

B. Corporate calling 2:11-3:19New spiritual life does not just mean that we have experienced regeneration individually. Additionally God brings every Christian into union with every other Christian. In Christ we have solidarity with other believers as well as solidarity with God. Paul next explained this corporate aspect of our being in Christ.". . . a major focus of this letter and of the Prison Epistles in general is the corporate nature of those who are in the body of Christ. Believers do... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:11-22

1. Present ministry 2:11-22The apostle first stated the reality of the union of all believers in Christ (Ephesians 2:11-13). Then he explained what this involves (Ephesians 2:14-18). Finally he described the consequences of this union (Ephesians 2:19-22). read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:11-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:11-22

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