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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Ephesians 2:18

For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Church;   Fellowship;   God;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Continued;   Prayer;   Reconciliation;   Scofield Reference Index - Death;   Thompson Chain Reference - Access to God;   Admission, Exclusion;   Christ;   Door, Christ the;   Prayer;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Unity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Access to God;   Christ, the Mediator;   Prayer;   Reconciliation with God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Gentile;   Holy spirit;   Paul;   Trinity;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Death of Christ;   Foreigner;   Holy Spirit;   Reconciliation;   Sexuality, Human;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Adoption;   Calvinists;   Holy Ghost;   Man;   Mediator;   Mercy of God;   Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Church;   Holy Ghost;   Intercession of Christ;   Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abba;   Canticles;   ;   Ephesians, the Epistle to the;   Hebrews, the Epistle to the;   Porter;   Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Access;   Atonement;   Cross, Crucifixion;   Ephesians, Book of;   Gentiles;   Middle Wall;   Peace, Spiritual;   Reconcilation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Access;   Church;   Ephesians, Epistle to;   Law;   Peace;   Peter, First Epistle of;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Access;   Access ;   Announcements of Death;   Benediction ;   Children of God;   Church (2);   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Fellowship (2);   Gospel (2);   Grace;   Israel, Israelite;   Justification;   Law;   Mediation Mediator;   Peace;   Presence (2);   Priest;   Priest (2);   Religion (2);   Salvation Save Saviour;   Spirit ;   Unity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Access;   Preparation;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Access;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Access;   Atonement;   Children of God;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Justification;   Trine (Triune) Immersion;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 22;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 6;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
Legacy Standard Bible
for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Now we ride right beside God and can ask him anything through the Holy Ghost. All of this is possible because of what Jesus did for us.
Bible in Basic English
Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
Darby Translation
For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father.
Christian Standard Bible®
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
World English Bible
For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
Weymouth's New Testament
because it is through Him that Jews and Gentiles alike have access through one Spirit to the Father.
King James Version (1611)
For through him wee both haue an accesse by one Spirit vnto the Father.
Literal Translation
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thorow him we both haue intraunce in one sprete vnto the father.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for thro' him both of us have access by the same spirit to the father.
Amplified Bible
For it is through Him that we both have a [direct] way of approach in one Spirit to the Father.
American Standard Version
for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
Revised Standard Version
for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For thorow him we both have an open waye in in one sprete vnto the father.
Update Bible Version
for through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
Webster's Bible Translation
For through him we both have an access by one Spirit to the Father.
Young's Literal Translation
because through him we have the access -- we both -- in one Spirit unto the Father.
New Century Version
Yes, it is through Christ we all have the right to come to the Father in one Spirit.
New English Translation
so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Contemporary English Version
And because of Christ, all of us can come to the Father by the same Spirit.
Complete Jewish Bible
news that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
English Standard Version
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For through him we both haue an entrance vnto the Father by one Spirit.
George Lamsa Translation
Through him we both are able to draw near by one Spirit to the Father.
Hebrew Names Version
For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
International Standard Version
For through him, both of us[fn] have access to the Father inby">[fn] one Spirit.John 10:9; 14:6; Romans 5:2; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 3:12; 4:4; Hebrews 4:16; 10:19-20; 1 Peter 3:18;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
through Him there hath been made for us both an access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Murdock Translation
because, by him there is access for us both, by one Spirit, unto the Father.
New King James Version
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
New Living Translation
Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
New Life Bible
Now all of us can go to the Father through Christ by way of the one Holy Spirit.
English Revised Version
for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
New Revised Standard
for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because, through him, we have our introduction - we both - in one Spirit, unto the Father.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For by him we have access both in one Spirit to the Father.
King James Version
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Lexham English Bible
because through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For through hym, we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father.
Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, through Christ we all have the right to come to the Father in one Spirit.
New American Standard Bible
for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
Good News Translation
It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for bi hym we bothe han niy comyng in o spirit to the fadir.

Contextual Overview

14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility 15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace 16and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens of the saints and members of God's household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

through: Ephesians 3:12, John 10:7, John 10:9, John 14:6, Romans 5:2, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 7:19, Hebrews 10:19, Hebrews 10:20, 1 Peter 1:21, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:2

by: Ephesians 4:4, Ephesians 6:18, Zechariah 12:10, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:26, Romans 8:27, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Jude 1:20

the: Ephesians 3:14, Matthew 28:19, John 4:21-23, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Galatians 4:6, James 3:9, 1 Peter 1:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:28 - General Exodus 40:33 - hanging Leviticus 1:3 - at the Leviticus 3:8 - kill it Psalms 10:17 - thou wilt prepare Psalms 65:5 - afar Psalms 119:155 - Salvation Isaiah 19:23 - General John 14:13 - in my John 16:23 - Whatsoever Romans 10:12 - there is no Romans 15:16 - being 2 Corinthians 3:8 - the ministration 2 Corinthians 13:14 - the communion Galatians 3:14 - might Galatians 5:5 - through Philippians 2:1 - if any fellowship Hebrews 7:25 - by him Hebrews 9:8 - the way Hebrews 13:15 - him Hebrews 13:21 - through

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
Genesis 3:12
And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
Ruth 3:1
One day Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek a place for you, that it may be well with you?
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
1 Corinthians 7:36
However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For through him we both have an access, That is, both Jews and Gentiles; the Arabic version reads, "we both factions": being made one, and reconciled unto God, and having the Gospel of peace preached to both, they have through Christ freedom of access and boldness in it:

by one Spirit unto the Father: they may come to God as the Father of spirits, and of mercies, who has made their souls or spirits, and bestowed his mercies on them in great abundance; and as the Father of Christ, and as their God and Father in Christ: and the rather they should consider him in this relation to them, in order to command in them a reverence and fear of him; to secure a freedom and liberty in their approach to him; and to encourage an holy boldness, and a fiducial confidence in him; and to teach them submission to his will: and their access to him is "through" Christ, who has made peace for them, and atonement for their sins; who has satisfied law and justice, and brought in an everlasting righteousness for them; so that there is nothing lies in their way to hinder them; and besides, he takes them as it were by the hand, and leads them into the presence of his Father, and presents their petitions for them, on whose account they have both audience and acceptance with God: and this access is also "by one Spirit"; the "Holy Spirit", as the Ethiopic version reads; and who is necessary in access to God, as a spirit of adoption, to enable and encourage souls to go to God as a father; and as a spirit of supplication, to teach both how to pray, and for what, as they should; and as a free spirit to give them liberty to speak their minds freely, and pour out their souls to God; and as a spirit of faith to engage them to pray in faith, and with holy boldness, confidence, and importunity; and he is said to be "one", both with respect to the persons to and by whom access is had, the Father and Christ, for he is the one and the same Spirit of the Father and of the Son; and with respect to the persons who have this access, Jews and Gentiles, who as they make up one body, are actuated and directed by, and drink into one and the same Spirit: hence this access to God is of a spiritual kind; it is a drawing nigh to God with the heart, and a worshipping him in spirit; and is by faith, and may be with freedom, and should be, with reverence, and ought to be frequent; and is a peculiar privilege that belongs to the children of God; and who have great honour bestowed upon them, to have access to God at any time, as their Father, through Christ the Mediator, and under the influence, and by the direction and assistance of the Holy Spirit: this is a considerable proof of a trinity of persons in the Godhead, of their deity and distinct personality.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For through him - That is, he has secured this result that we have access to God. This he did by his death - reconciling us to God by the doctrines which he taught - acquainting us with God; and by his intercession in heaven - by which our “prayers gain acceptance” with him.

We both have access - Both Jews and Gentiles; see the notes at Romans 5:2. We are permitted to approach God through him, or in his name. The Greek word here - προσαγωγή prosagōgē - relates properly to the introduction to, or audience which we are permitted to have with a prince or other person of high rank. This must be effected through an officer of court to whom the duty is entrusted. “Rosenmuller,” Alt und neu Morgenland, in loc.

By one Spirit - By the aid of the same Spirit - the Holy Spirit; see notes, 1 Corinthians 12:4.

Unto the Father - We are permitted to come and address God as our Father; see the Romans 8:15, note 26, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. For through him — Christ Jesus, we both-Jews and Gentiles, have access by one Spirit-through the influence of the Holy Ghost, unto the Father-God Almighty. This text is a plain proof of the holy Trinity. Jews and Gentiles are to be presented unto God the FATHER; the SPIRIT of God works in their hearts, and prepares them for this presentation; and JESUS CHRIST himself introduces them. No soul can have access to God but by Jesus Christ, and he introduces none but such as receive his Holy Spirit. All who receive that Spirit are equally dear to him; and, whatever their names be among men, they are known in heaven as children of God, and heirs of eternal glory.


 
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