Eph 2:15 proves the 10 commandments are abolished! "by abolishing [Strongs #2673] in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. " (Ephesians 2:15-16)

A. "Commandments contained in ordinances" refers specifically to the 10 commandments:

Click to View The Ten texts where the 10 Commandments are called, Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees. To the shock and horror of Seventh-day Adventists, they will learn they have been lied to by their leaders and that the 10 commandments are the ordinances that were abolished in Col 2:14 and Eph 2:15.

Every time a Sabbatarian sees the expression "Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees", they automatically exclude the 10 commandments and apply it only to what they falsely call, "the ceremonial law" Yet here are many passages where these common expressions refer to the 10 commandments exclusively: (or at least in part include) This is a summary of a larger document. Click here to see it: The Ten texts where the 10 Commandments are called, Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees: Here is the Summary of that document:

Click to View Deut 5:1 The Ten commandments are called "My statures and all My ordinances"

Click to View Ezekiel 20:19-21 The weekly Sabbath is called "My statures and all My ordinances"

Click to View Mal 4:4 Book closes with a call to keep "statutes and ordinances" which obviously include the 10 commandments because it would be unthinkable for such a doxology to leave them out completely!

Click to View Neh 9:13-14 the weekly Sabbath is included without distinction: "right judgments, true laws, good statutes, commandments"

Click to View Lev 19:1-37 The Ten commandments and the ceremonial law are mixed together without distinction and called "My statures and all My ordinances"

Click to View Deut 5:1-6:25: Two whole chapters that deal exclusively with the 10 commandments and the following 5 terms are used interchangeably without distinction: "statutes", "ordinances", "commandments", "judgments", "testimonies".

Click to View Lev 23 The Weekly Sabbath is lumped in with all the yearly Sabbaths without distinction and they are all called "The Lord's appointed times" and "holy convocations".

Click to View Ezek 20 calls the first and fourth commandment, "My statutes and My ordinances"

Click to View Neh 8 uses interchangeably without distinction, the following terms: "the book of the law of Moses", "the law", "the book of the law", "the law of God", "book of the law of God" and includes

Longer more detailed outline: The Ten texts where the 10 Commandments are called, Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees.

B. Keyword connections of Eph 2:15 with other texts

Found in Texts

How Adventists interpret

Abolished (Strongs #2673)

Eph 2:15 Rom 7:2-6 2 Cor 3:7,11,13,14

Ceremonial law 10 Commandments 10 Commandments

certificate of debt the enmity ministry of death

Col 2:14 Eph 2:14 2 Cor 3

Ceremonial law Ceremonial law 10 commandments

commandments in ordinances certificate of debt of decrees statutes [#2706] and ordinances my statutes [#2706] and my judgments statutes [#2706] and judgments judgments, laws, statutes [#2706] , commandments My statutes [#2706] and My ordinances My statures [#2706] and all My ordinances

Eph 2:15 Col 2:14 Deut 5:1 Ezekiel 20:19-21 Mal 4:4 Neh 9:13-14 Ezek 20 Lev 19

Ceremonial law Ceremonial law 10 commandments 10 commandments 10 commandments 10 commandments 10 commandments 10 commandments

C. Greek word study

"by abolishing [Strongs #2673] in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. " (Ephesians 2:15-16)

"having "canceled out" the certificate of debt [cheirographos #5498, a handwriting] consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. " (Colossians 2:14)

"Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released [Strongs #2673] from the law concerning the husband. ... But now we have been released [Strongs #2673] from the Law...What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "You shall not covet." " (Romans 7:1-7)

"But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading [Strongs #2673] as it was, how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory. For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. For if that which fades away [Strongs #2673] was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away [Strongs #2673]. But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed [Strongs #2673] in Christ. But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. " (2 Corinthians 3:7-16)

Eph 2

Col 2

2 Cor 3

Rom 7

Abolished (2673)

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"Canceled out" "Nailed to cross" v14

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CHEIROGRAPHOS (5498), a handwriting

the enmity v15,16

"Certificate of debt" v14

ministry of death

The law

the Law of commandments

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Tables of stone

"coveting"

Decrees (1378)

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