11 Bible Verses about Peace Made Through Christ

And through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ's blood offered upon the cross)-- whether on earth or in Heaven.

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--

For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, shall we be saved by virtue of Christ's Life.

But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,

And not only that, but we exult in God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom we have now obtained this reconciliation.

For, if their being cast aside has meant the reconciliation of the world, what will their reception mean, but Life from the dead?

To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning men's offenses against them, and that he had entrusted us with the Message of this reconciliation.

It is, then, on Christ's behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf--Be reconciled to God.

He it is who is our Peace. He made the two divisions of mankind one, broke down the barrier that separated them,

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.

Do not imagine that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring, not peace, but the sword.