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Ephesians 2:16

Conflict and reconciliationThe cross and atonementFellowship and the church

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

15 by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

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

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

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BSB
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
KJV
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
WEB
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.
ASV
and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
DARBY
and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;
BLB
and [that] He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having put to death the hostility by it.
ÅB
og forlike dem begge i ett legeme med Gud ved korset, idet han på dette drepte fiendskapet.
OTB
og kunne forsone oss begge med Gud i ett legeme ved korset, og dermed gjøre slutt på fiendskapet.
B1930
og forlike dem begge i ett legeme med Gud ved korset, idet han på dette drepte fiendskapet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Colossians 1:20–22

    and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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  • Romans 5:10

    For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:18–21

    All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

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  • Colossians 2:14

    having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

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  • Galatians 2:20

    I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

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  • 1 Peter 4:1–2

    Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

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  • Romans 6:6

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

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  • Ephesians 2:15

    by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

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