Ephesians 2:18 “For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”

Ephesians 2:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

World English Bible

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

American Standard Version

for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

Geneva Bible 1599

For through him we both haue an entrance vnto the Father by one Spirit.

Darby Translation

For through him we have both 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.

Bible in Basic English

Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

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Cross references

“through”

Ephesians 3:12 Romans 5:2 John 14:6 John 10:9 John 10:7 1 Peter 3:18

Ephesians 3:12 · BSB

In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.

Romans 5:2 · BSB

through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

John 14:6 · BSB

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 10:9 · BSB

I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

John 10:7 · BSB

So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

1 Peter 3:18 · BSB

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

“by”

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

1 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

Ephesians 4:4 · BSB

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

Romans 8:15 · BSB

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Ephesians 6:18 · BSB

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Zechariah 12:10 · BSB

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and gr…

Jude 1:20 · BSB

But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

“the”

1 Corinthians 8:6 Galatians 4:6 Ephesians 3:14 Matthew 28:19 John 4:21–23 1 Peter 1:17

1 Corinthians 8:6 · BSB

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

Galatians 4:6 · BSB

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Ephesians 3:14 · BSB

... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

Matthew 28:19 · BSB

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

John 4:21–23 · BSB

“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

1 Peter 1:17 · BSB

Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.

Also

Colossians 1:12

Colossians 1:12 · BSB

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

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