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NASB | Ephesians 2:15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 2:15 by abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the hostility caused by the Law with its commandments contained in ordinances [which He satisfied]; so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thereby establishing peace. |
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Bible Note: Hi Cheri, I would submit that we're approaching this matter from very different orientations! I understand the analogy with my courtship, but Christ is now my goal, not the knowing the law. As Steve Bricker has already noted, if Christ has kept, fulfilled the law- which He has- what's left for me to do? What would be the purpose? As Gal. 3:24-25 states, "Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor." (NASB) The purpose of the law was (and is) to lead one to saving faith in Christ, not to keep it's precepts! No one can keep the law. The law is not abolished in that it still stands in all it's majesty and glory (Rom. 7:12). What has changed is the believers relation to the law! I'm no longer under it's condemnation and curse! (Rom.8:1, Col.2:14) Pauls entire argument in Galatians is to those who would seek to keep the law and not rest in faith for their justification. Note his words in Gal.5:4, "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace." What matters now is "faith working through love", not adherence to the Torah! One cannot be both walking by faith (in Christ) and keeping the Torah. They're mutually exclusive:-) My goal is to "know Christ", not the Torah which is a mere shadow. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |