Ephesians 2:14-22
The Message
14-15 The Messiah has made things up between us so that we’re now together on this, both non-Jewish outsiders and Jewish insiders. He tore down the wall we used to keep each other at a distance. He repealed the law code that had become so clogged with fine print and footnotes that it hindered more than it helped. Then he started over. Instead of continuing with two groups of people separated by centuries of animosity and suspicion, he created a new kind of human being, a fresh start for everybody.
16-18 Christ brought us together through his death on the cross. The Cross got us to embrace, and that was the end of the hostility. Christ came and preached peace to you outsiders and peace to us insiders. He treated us as equals, and so made us equals. Through him we both share the same Spirit and have equal access to the Father.
19-22 That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.
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Ephesians 2:14-19
New Living Translation
14 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. 15 He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups. 16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
17 He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near. 18 Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
A Temple for the Lord
19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.
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以弗所书 2:14-19
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
14 因他使我们和睦[a],将两下合而为一,拆毁了中间隔断的墙, 15 而且以自己的身体废掉冤仇,就是那记在律法上的规条,为要将两下借着自己造成一个新人,如此便成就了和睦。 16 既在十字架上灭了冤仇,便借这十字架,使两下归为一体,与神和好了。 17 并且来传和平的福音给你们远处的人,也给那近处的人; 18 因为我们两下借着他被一个圣灵所感,得以进到父面前。
如今是神家里的人
19 这样,你们不再做外人和客旅,是与圣徒同国,是神家里的人了。
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- 以弗所书 2:14 原文作:因他是我们的和睦。
以 弗 所 書 2:14-19
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
14 因为基督本人就是我们和平的源泉,他使两种人(犹太人和非犹太人)成为一个民族。他用自己的身体推倒了使他们敌对的分裂之墙。 15 他废除了律法及其条例和规则,以便使这两种人(犹太人与非犹太人和他融为一体,)成为一个新的民族,从而和平相处。 16 他通过死在十字架上来结束两者之间的敌视。借助十字架上的死,他使他们成为一体,得以和上帝重归于好。 17 因此,基督的到来,既向你们这些远离上帝的人(非犹太人)传播了和平的福音,也向那些接近上帝的人(犹太人)传播了和平的福音。 18 因为,通过基督,凭借同一圣灵,我们都能来到父的面前。
19 所以,你们非犹太人不再是异客和陌生人了,而是上帝子民的同胞,你们属于上帝的家庭。
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