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title: Ephesians 2:14
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markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/ephesians-2-14.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Ephesians 2:14
testament: NT
section: Letters
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
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# Ephesians 2:14

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

## JW Usage

JWs acknowledge that Christ broke down the barrier between Jew and Gentile but do not apply this to their own two-class theology. The Watchtower teaches that while ethnic divisions are dissolved, a different distinction — between the 144,000 anointed and the great crowd — is divinely instituted. The verse is not prominently featured in Watchtower literature on the anointed/other sheep distinction, as its implications cut against the two-class system.

## Protestant Usage

Paul declares that Christ "has made both groups one and has destroyed the dividing wall" — the barrier between Jew and Gentile. The purpose was to "create in himself one new man out of the two" (Ephesians 2:15), producing unity, not a new division. If God destroyed the most fundamental religious partition in human history — the one he himself had instituted between Israel and the nations — it is inconsistent to claim he then erected a new partition between anointed and non-anointed believers. The "one body" of Ephesians 2:16 connects directly to the "one hope" of Ephesians 4:4, reinforcing that all believers share a single calling. John 10:16 confirms the same: "one flock, one shepherd" — not two flocks with different destinies. The Watchtower's two-class system rebuilds the very wall Christ died to demolish.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [One Flock / Great Crowd in Heaven](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/one-flock.md) — John 10:16 / Revelation 7:9 [Eschatology]
- [One Hope, Not Two](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/one-hope.md) — Ephesians 4:4 -- The Sevenfold Unity [Salvation]
- [The Communion Denial](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/communion-denial.md) — Matthew 26:27 — 'Drink from It, All of You' [Salvation]
- [A Royal Priesthood — Every Believer is a Priest](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/universal-priesthood-1peter29.md) — 1 Peter 2:9 / Revelation 1:6 / 5:10 — The end of mediating classes [Authority]