14 For (A)he himself is our peace, (B)who has made us both one and has broken down (C)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility

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28 (A)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, (B)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

11 (A)Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,[a] free; but Christ is (B)all, and in all.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:11 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for Bondservants in verse 22

15 And let (A)the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called (B)in one body. And (C)be thankful.

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15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in (A)ordinances, that he might create in himself one (B)new man in place of the two, so making peace,

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20 and (A)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, (B)making peace (C)by the blood of his cross.

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One Body with Many Members

12 For just as (A)the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, (B)so it is with Christ. 13 For (C)in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—(D)Jews or Greeks, slaves[a] or free—and (E)all were made to drink of one Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

10 and (A)you have been filled in him, who is (B)the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also (C)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by (D)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (E)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (F)you were also raised with him through faith in (G)the powerful working of God, (H)who raised him from the dead. 13 (I)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God (J)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by (K)canceling (L)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

20 If with Christ (A)you died to the (B)elemental spirits of the world, (C)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations—

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Peace with God Through Faith

(A)Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, (B)we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:1 Some manuscripts let us

36 As for (A)the word that he sent to Israel, (B)preaching good news of (C)peace through Jesus Christ ((D)he is Lord of all),

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28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew (A)to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but (B)God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.

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Benediction

20 Now (A)may the God of peace (B)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, (C)the great shepherd of the sheep, by (D)the blood of the eternal covenant,

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16 And (A)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. (B)I must bring them also, and (C)they will listen to my voice. So there will be (D)one flock, (E)one shepherd.

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79 to (A)give light to (B)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into (C)the way of (D)peace.”

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And he shall be (A)their peace.

(B)When the Assyrian comes into our land
    and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven (C)shepherds
    and eight princes of men;

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24 And (A)I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. (B)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

The Lord's Covenant of Peace

25 (C)“I will make with them a covenant of peace and (D)banish wild beasts from the land, (E)so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

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24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, (A)a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt (B)my people, and Assyria (C)the work of my hands, and (D)Israel my inheritance.”

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Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. (A)Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.

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and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

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16 (A)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, (B)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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15 from whom (A)every family[a] in heaven and on earth is named,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 3:15 Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria in verse 15 is closely related to the word for Father in verse 14

33 I have said these things to you, that (A)in me you may have peace. (B)In the world you will have (C)tribulation. But (D)take heart; (E)I have overcome the world.”

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