Ephesians 2:16
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity by it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
In Context
17And after coming he preached good-news, peace to you, to those far off and to those near,
Cross References
Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be inactivated, no longer to enslave us to sin.
Romans 8:7Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able.
Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Colossians 1:20and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him whether things upon the earth or things in the heavens.
1 Peter 4:1Therefore of Christ having suffered in flesh for us, arm ye yourselves also with the same mentality, because he who has suffered in flesh has ceased from sin,
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:15-22
The Union of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 61.) 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For… Read the whole commentary →