Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
[This was also intended] to reestablish harmony between both of these peoples and God in [this] one body, through [Christ's death on] the cross. By doing this He put to death the hostility [between them].
New American Standard Bible
and might
King James Version
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Holman Bible
He did this so that He might reconcile both to God in one body
International Standard Version
and reconciling both groups to God in one body through the cross, on which he eliminated the hostility.
A Conservative Version
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity by it.
American Standard Version
and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Amplified
And [that He] might reconcile them both [Jew and Gentile, united] in one body to God through the cross, thereby putting to death the hostility.
Anderson New Testament
and that he might reconcile both, in one body, to God, through the cross, having by it put to death the cause of enmity;
Bible in Basic English
And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.
Common New Testament
and might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, by which he put to death the hostility.
Daniel Mace New Testament
that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them:
Darby Translation
and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;
Godbey New Testament
and that he may reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity on in.
Goodspeed New Testament
and to kill the feud between them with his cross and in one body reconcile them both to God with it.
John Wesley New Testament
And might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.
Julia Smith Translation
And that he might reconcile anew both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the eninity in it:
King James 2000
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Lexham Expanded Bible
and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself.
Modern King James verseion
and so that He might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity in Himself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And to reconcile both unto God in one body through his cross, and slew hatred thereby:
Moffatt New Testament
so as himself to give the death-blow to that feud by reconciling them both to God in one Body through the cross;
Montgomery New Testament
Thus he reconciled us both in one body to God by his cross, on which he slew our enmity.
NET Bible
and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.
New Heart English Bible
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which he put to death their enmity.
Noyes New Testament
and might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain on it the enmity.
Sawyer New Testament
and reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having destroyed the enmity by it.
The Emphasized Bible
And might fully reconcile them both, in one body, through means of the cross, - slaying the enmity thereby; -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and might reconcile them both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;
Twentieth Century New Testament
And when, upon the cross, he had destroyed their mutual enmity, he sought by means of his cross to reconcile them both to God, united in one Body.
Webster
And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having by it slain the enmity:
Weymouth New Testament
thus effecting peace, and to reconcile Jews and Gentiles in one body to God, by means of His cross--slaying by it their mutual enmity.
Williams New Testament
to reconcile them both to God with His cross after He had killed the hostility through it.
World English Bible
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.
Worrell New Testament
and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;
Worsley New Testament
and that He might reconcile both in one body unto God, by the cross, having thereby slain the enmity:
Youngs Literal Translation
and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,
Themes
The atonement » Reconciliation to God effected by
Christ » Cross of » Reconciliation through
Christ, the mediator » In virtue of his atonement
Cross of Christ » Reconciliation through
Reconciliation » Jesus Christ reconciling man to God
Reconciliation » Between God and man
Reconciliation » With God through Christ
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » By the death of Christ
Reconciliation with God » Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances is necessary to
Reconciliation with God » Effects of » Peace of God
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 2:16
Images Ephesians 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jewish And Gentile Believers United In Christ
15 by abolishing in His fleshly body the [entire Jewish] law of commandments contained in decrees. [This was] so that He could create in [unity with] Himself one new person [i.e., the church] out of the two peoples [i.e., Jews and Gentiles], thereby bringing about peace [between them]. 16 [This was also intended] to reestablish harmony between both of these peoples and God in [this] one body, through [Christ's death on] the cross. By doing this He put to death the hostility [between them]. 17 And Christ came and preached peace to you [Gentiles], who were far away [from God], and peace to those [Jews] who were near [to Him].
Cross References
Ephesians 2:15
by abolishing in His fleshly body the [entire Jewish] law of commandments contained in decrees. [This was] so that He could create in [unity with] Himself one new person [i.e., the church] out of the two peoples [i.e., Jews and Gentiles], thereby bringing about peace [between them].
Colossians 1:20-22
and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven. He made peace [with mankind] through the [sacrificial] blood of Christ's [death on the] cross.
Romans 5:10
For if while we were [God's] enemies, we were restored to fellowship with Him through the death of His Son, now that we have been restored, how much more [certainly] will we be saved [from condemnation] by His life!
Romans 6:6
We know that our old self was [figuratively] crucified with Christ, in order that the body of sin [i.e., our whole life of sin] might be destroyed [i.e., become powerless to control our actions and thoughts], so that we should not be enslaved to the practice of sin any longer.
Romans 8:3
For what the law was not able to do [for mankind], since it was [too] weak [to deliver them from condemnation] because fleshly people [were unable to obey it perfectly], God condemned sin in the flesh [i.e., sin was declared evil and its power over man broken]. God did this by sending His own Son in a body like sinful man's, and to destroy sin,
Romans 8:7
This is because the one whose mind is [controlled] by the flesh is an enemy of God; for he is not obedient to God's law, and in fact, cannot obey it.
2 Corinthians 5:18-21
All [these] things are from God, who restored us to fellowship with Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of restoring [other] people to [such] fellowship.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified [i.e., died] with Christ, and so I am not the one who lives [anymore] but rather, it is Christ who lives in my heart. And [now] my entire life is being lived by trusting in the Son of God [to save and keep me], because He loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Colossians 2:14
He canceled the document written in ordinances [Note: This obviously refers to the Mosaic law] that was against us and was opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
1 Peter 4:1-2
Therefore, since Christ has suffered physically, you people should fortify yourselves with the same attitude He had. For the person who has suffered physically [i.e., in standing for Christ] has quit sinning.