Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And that he might reconcile anew both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the eninity in it:
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.
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].
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.
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 The enmity in his flesh, the law of commands in enactments, having left unemployed; that he might create in himself one new man, making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile anew both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the eninity in it: 17 And having come, he announced good news, peace to you afar off, and to those near.
Cross References
Ephesians 2:15
The enmity in his flesh, the law of commands in enactments, having left unemployed; that he might create in himself one new man, making peace;
Colossians 1:20-22
And by him to reconcile all things anew to himself; having made peace by the blood of his cross, by him, whether things upon earth, whether things in the heavens.
Romans 5:10
For if, being enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.
Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man was crucified together, that the body of sin might be left inactive, for us no more to serve sin.
Romans 8:3
For the impossibility of the law, in that it was weak by the flesh, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans 8:7
Wherefore the thought of the flesh enmity to God: for it is not subject to the law of God, for it cannot be.
2 Corinthians 5:18-21
And all things of God, having reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given us the service of reconciliation;
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: and I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in we: and what I now live in the flesh I live in the faith of the Son of God, having loved me, and given himself for me.
Colossians 2:14
Having wiped out the handwriting against us in enactments, which was opposed to us, and he has taken it from the midst, having nailed it to his cross
1 Peter 4:1-2
Therefore Christ having suffered for us in the flesh,, also arm ye yourselves with the same mind: (for he having suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;)