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25 lines
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# he is our peace
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"Jesus gives us his peace"
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# our peace
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The word "our" refers to Paul and his readers and so is inclusive. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# He made the two one
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"He made the Jews and Gentiles one"
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# By his flesh
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The words "his flesh," his physical body, are a metonym for his body dying. Alternate translation: "By the death of his body on the cross" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the wall of hostility
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"the wall of hatred" or "the wall of ill will"
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# that divided us
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The word "us" refers to Paul and the Ephesians. The Ephesians, as Gentiles, were separated from Paul and the other Jews. Alternate translation: "that separated us Jews and Gentiles from one another" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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