Ephesians 2:16
and to reconcile both vnto god in one body thorow his crosse and slewe hatred therby:
Tyndale New Testament
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 came and preached peace to you which were afarre of and to them that were nye.
Cross References
Romans 6:6This we must remember that oure olde man is crucified with him also that the body of synne myght vtterly be destroyed that hence forth we shuld not be servauntes of synne.
Romans 8:7Because that the flesshly mynde is emnyte agaynst God: for it is not obedient to the lawe of God nether can be.
Galatians 2:20I am crucified with Christ. I live verely: yet now not I but Christ liveth in me. For the lyfe which I now live in the flesshe I live by the fayth of the sonne of God which loved me and gave him selne for me.
Colossians 1:20and by him to reconcile all thynge vnto him silfe and to set at peace by him thorow the bloud of his crosse both thynges in heven and thynges in erth.
1 Peter 4:1For as moche as christ hath suffred for vs in the flesshe arme youre selves lyke wyse with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the flesshe ceasith from synne
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 →