Ephesians 2:17
And upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
In Context
16and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.
18For by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.
Cross References
Psalms 75:1Unto the end. With Praises. A Psalm of Asaph. A Canticle to the Assyrians.
Psalms 85:10For you are great, and you perform wonders. You alone are God.
Psalms 148:14Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger and the preacher of peace! Announcing good and preaching peace, they are saying to Zion, “Your God will reign!”
Zechariah 9:10And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.
Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will.”
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 →