Ephesians 2:16
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
KJV
καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ.
Greek NT
et reconciliet ambos in uno corpore, Deo per crucem, interficiens inimicitias in semetipso.
Vulgate
and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
ASV
And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
σταυρός
stauros
noun · 27×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἀμφότερος
amphoteros
adjective · 14×
ἀποκαταλλάσσω
apokatallasso
verb · 3×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχθρα
echthra
noun · 6×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2305Earthly peace is the image and fruit of the peace of Christ, the messianic "Prince of Peace."99 By the blood of his Cross, "in his own person he killed the hostility,"100 he reconciled men with God and made his Church the sacrament of the unity of the human race and of its union with God. "He is our peace."101 He has declared: "Blessed are the peacemakers."102
§32If we consider closely all these mysteries of the Cross, those words of the Apostle are no longer obscure, in which he teaches the Ephesians that Christ, by His blood, made the Jews and Gentiles one "breaking down the middle wall of partition...in his flesh" by which the two peoples were divided; and that He made the Old Law void "that He might make the two in Himself into one …
Christ is the Light of nations. Because this is so, this Sacred Synod gathered together in the Holy Spirit eagerly desires, by proclaiming the Gospel to every creature, to bring the light of Christ to all men, a light brightly visible on the countenance of the Church. Since the Church is in Christ like a sacrament or as a sign and instrument both of a very closely knit union wi…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- 1Pet 4:1 — Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- 2Cor 5:18 — And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
- 2Cor 5:18 — And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
- Col 1:20 — And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
- Col 2:14 — Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
- Deut 30:8 — And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
- Eph 1:23 — Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
- Eph 2:13 — But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
- Eph 2:15 — 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;
- Eph 4:4 — There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
- Gal 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo
- Heb 2:17 — Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the p
- Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Isa 27:5 — Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
- Rom 5:10 — For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
- Rom 5:10 — For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
- Rom 6:6 — Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
- Rom 8:3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
- Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.