Ephesians 2:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;

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  • Col 2:14 : 14 Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross;
  • Col 2:20 : 20 If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders
  • Col 3:10 : 10 And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 6:15 : 15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
  • Eph 4:16 : 16 Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.
  • Col 1:21-22 : 21 And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one 22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.
  • Heb 7:16 : 16 That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:
  • Heb 8:13 : 13 When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.
  • Heb 9:9-9 : 9 And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean, 10 Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.
  • Heb 10:1-9 : 1 For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean. 2 For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins? 3 But year by year there is a memory of sins in those offerings. 4 Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins. 5 So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me; 6 You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book). 8 After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them, 9 Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place. 10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus, 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a great priest over the house of God, 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

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    16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.

    17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

    18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

    19 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

  • Eph 2:11-14
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    11 For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

    12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

    13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

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

  • Col 2:13-15
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    13 And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

    14 Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross;

    15 Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.

  • Col 1:20-22
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    20 Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.

    21 And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one

    22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

  • Eph 1:10
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    10 The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

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    9 Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

    10 And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;

    11 Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.

  • Col 2:10-11
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    10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

    11 In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

  • Col 2:20
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    20 If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders

  • 2 Cor 5:16-19
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    16 For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.

    17 So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

    18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

    19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

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    15 For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

  • Eph 4:3
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    3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

  • Heb 7:18
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    18 So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

  • Gal 2:19
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    19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

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    24 And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

  • Rom 8:2-3
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    2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

    3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

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    6 But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Col 3:13
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    13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

  • Rom 14:19
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    19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

  • Gal 3:15
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    15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

  • Gal 3:28
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    28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • Acts 15:9
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    9 Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

  • Eph 1:23
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    23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

  • Rom 7:4
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    4 In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

  • Col 1:14
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    14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

  • Eph 1:20
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    20 By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

  • Eph 4:32
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    32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

  • Col 3:15
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    15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

  • Heb 8:13
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    13 When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.