[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].

For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken down the wall in the midst, that was a stop between us,

This is a great secret, but I speak between Christ and the congregation.

through His human nature He has put a stop to the hostility between us, namely, the law with its commands and decrees, in order to create one new humanity out of the two parties and so make peace through union with Himself, and in one body