Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh,

New American Standard Bible

For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

King James Version

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

International Standard Version

For it is he who is our peace. Through his mortality he made both groups one by tearing down the wall of hostility that divided them.

A Conservative Version

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the dividing wall of partition,

American Standard Version

For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,

Amplified

For He Himself is our peace and our bond of unity. He who made both groups—[Jews and Gentiles]—into one body and broke down the barrier, the dividing wall [of spiritual antagonism between us],

An Understandable Version

For Christ is [the source of] our peace. He made both [Jews and Gentiles] one people, and broke down the barrier wall of hostility that divided them,

Anderson New Testament

For he is our peace, who has made both parties one, and broken down the partition wall that separated us,

Bible in Basic English

For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

Common New Testament

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

Daniel Mace New Testament

for he is our peace-maker, who hath united both Jew and Gentile, and hath by his flesh broken down the middle wall of partition

Darby Translation

For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

Godbey New Testament

For he is our peace, the one having made both one, and having broken down the middle wall of partition,

Goodspeed New Testament

For he is himself our peace. He has united the two divisions, and broken down the barrier that kept us apart,

John Wesley New Testament

For he is our peace, he who hath made both one,

Julia Smith Translation

For he is our peace, having made both one, and having loosed the middle partition wall of the enclosure;

King James 2000

For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Lexham Expanded Bible

For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,

Modern King James verseion

For He is our peace, He making us both one, and He has broken down the middle wall of partition between us,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken down the wall in the midst, that was a stop between us,

Moffatt New Testament

For he is our peace, he who has made both of us a unity and destroyed the barrier which kept us apart;

Montgomery New Testament

For he is our Peace, who has made the two of us Jew and Gentile one, and has broken down the party-wall of partition between us.

NET Bible

For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,

New Heart English Bible

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

Noyes New Testament

For it is he who is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition between us, that is, the enmity;

Sawyer New Testament

For he is our peace, who made both one and broke down the middle wall of partition,

The Emphasized Bible

He, in fact, is our peace - who made both one, and, the enclosing middle-wall, took down,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of separation,

Twentieth Century New Testament

He it is who is our Peace. He made the two divisions of mankind one, broke down the barrier that separated them,

Webster

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Weymouth New Testament

For He is our peace--He who has made Jews and Gentiles one, and in His own human nature has broken down the hostile dividing wall,

Williams New Testament

For He Himself is our peace, He is the one who has made us both into one body and has broken down the barrier that kept us apart;

World English Bible

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

Worrell New Testament

For He is our peace, Who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of the partition,

Worsley New Testament

For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and removed the wall of partition from between us;

Youngs Literal Translation

for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

he

Usage: 0

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

εἰρήνη 
Eirene 
Usage: 71

who

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

ἀμφότερος 
amphoteros 
Usage: 8

one
εἷς 
heis 
one, a, other, some, not tr,
Usage: 188

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

λύω 
Luo 
Usage: 28

the middle wall
μεσότοιχον 
mesotoichon 
Usage: 1

φραγμός 
Phragmos 
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 2:14

Images Ephesians 2:14

Prayers for Ephesians 2:14

Context Readings

Jewish And Gentile Believers United In Christ

13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah. 14 For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh, 15 He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.


Cross References

Galatians 3:28

There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Micah 5:5

He will be their peace.
When Assyria invades our land,
when it marches against our fortresses,
we will raise against it seven shepherds,
even eight leaders of men.

Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and peace on earth to people He favors!

Ephesians 2:15

He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

Colossians 3:11

In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.

Esther 3:8

Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom, yet living in isolation. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws. It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child will be born for us,
a son will be given to us,
and the government will be on His shoulders.
He will be named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 19:24-25

On that day Israel will form a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing within the land.

Ezekiel 34:24-25

I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Ezekiel 37:19-20

tell them: This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick so that they become one in My hand.

Zechariah 6:13

Yes, He will build the Lord’s temple; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. There will also be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

John 10:16

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

John 16:33

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”

Acts 10:28

Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.

Acts 10:36

He sent the message to the Israelites, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

Ephesians 3:15

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.

Ephesians 4:16

From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part.

Colossians 1:20

and through Him to reconcile
everything to Himself
by making peace
through the blood of His cross
whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Colossians 2:10-14

and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Colossians 2:20

If you died with the Messiah to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful.

Hebrews 7:2

and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything;
first, his name means king of righteousness,
then also, king of Salem,
meaning king of peace;

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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