Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 2:16-17

"and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:" — Ephesians 2:16-17 (ASV)

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were near.

Christ is the Preacher of peace as well as the Maker of peace, and no one ever knows the peace of God unless Christ preaches it to them.

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

To the Gentile and to the Jew, to the atrociously wicked, and to those who were religious after a fashion – he has brought them both in by the cross.