Michael
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Post by Michael on Mar 22, 2016 16:30:48 GMT -8
Enmity means "hostility."
Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 10:4 NIV 4 Christ is the (culmination / fulfillment) of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Ephesians 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Hostility towards the laws of God is what has been abolished.
Christians often refer to Ephesians 2:15 in the N.I.V. as proof that the commandments have been done away with.
Ephesians 2:15 N.I.V.: by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations.
Ephesians 2:15 King James. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;. Note:The word [enmity] in the K.J. means hostility.
(Ephesians 2:15 (a modern translation.) by abolishing in his flesh the hostility of the law with its commandments and regulations.
Yahshua said in Matthew 5:17: Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets...
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