14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
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;
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-22)We have now come to the last part of the chapter, which contains an account of the great and mighty privileges that converted Jews and Gentiles both receive from Christ. The apostle here shows that those who were in a state of enmity are reconciled. Between the Jews and the Gentiles there had been a great enmity; so there is between God and every unregenerate man. Now Jesus Christ is our peace, Ep…
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