King James Version
Ephesians 2:14 in the King James Version says “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;” — study this verse from Ephesians chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;”
Ephesians 2:14 · KJV
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
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;
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby : thereby: or, in himself
KJV Study — Public Domain
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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