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For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
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Christ IS Our Peace
Commentators stress that Christ isn't merely a peacemaker; He is our peace. This peace is not something believers create, but a reality established by Christ's work on the cross that we receive. As one scholar notes, our peace with God was "made for me... eighteen hundred years ago." This peace reconciles us both to God and to one another, uniting all believers in Him.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For he is our peace. There is an evident allusion here to Isaiah 57:19. See Barnes on Isaiah 57:19.
The peace referred to here is t…
For he is our peace (αυτος γαρ εστιν η ειρηνη ημων). He himself, not just what he did (necessary as that was and is). He is our pe…
19th Century
Anglican
He (Himself) is our peace. This clearly alludes not only to the many promises in the O…
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Baptist
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has bro…
Christ and no one else has solved the problem of our relationship with God and with other people. He draws people to God and to each other in his o…
16th Century
Protestant
For he is our peace. He now includes Jews in the privilege of reconciliation, and shows that, through one Messiah, all are united to God. …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he is our peace The author of peace between Jew and Gentile: there was a great enmity of the Jew against the Gen…
Jesus Christ made peace by the sacrifice of Himself; in every sense, Christ was their Peace, the author, center, and substance of their being at pe…
