“Quoniam per ipsum habemus accessum ambo in uno Spiritu ad Patrem.”
“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”
“For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”
“For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.”
“for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.”
partly in his own person, as to the Jews, and partly by his apostles, whom he appointed to preach the gospel to the Gentiles: so 2Co 13:3. far from the knowledge of the truth, from Christ, and salvation by him, as Eph 3:13. nigh in comparison of the Gentiles, nigh by the knowledge of God and his law, and the promises of the Messiah: see Isa 57:19.
Verses 14-18 Jesus Christ made peace by the sacrifice of himself; in every sense Christ was their Peace, the author, centre, and substance of their being at peace with God, and of their union with the Jewish believers in one church. Through the person, sacrifice, and mediation of Christ, sinners are allowed to draw near to God as a Father, and are brought with acceptance into his presence, with their worship and services, under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, as one with the Father and the Son. Christ purchased leave for us to come to God; and the Spirit gives a heart to come, and strength to come, and then grace to serve God acceptably.