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and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.
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Peace with God is Primary
While the previous verse focused on peace between people, commentators stress that this verse reveals the ultimate goal: reconciling humanity to God. Albert Barnes calls this the "main effect" of Christ's work. The peace we have with each other is a direct result of the vertical peace first established with God through the cross.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And that he might reconcile both unto God. This was another of the effects of the work of redemption, and indeed the main effect. It was n…
And might reconcile (κα αποκαταλλαξη). Final clause with ινα understood of first aorist active subjunctive of αποκαταλλασσω for wh…
19th Century
Anglican
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body.—In this verse, the latter subject begins—the reconciliation of all…
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Baptist
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…
“To reconcile” (GK 639) is a uniquely Pauline verb (cf. Colossians 1:20, 22) that involves the idea of restoration to a primitive unity …
16th Century
Protestant
And that he might reconcile both. The reconciliation between ourselves that has now been described is not the only advantage we derive fro…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that he might reconcile both unto God This is another end of the abrogation of the ceremonial law: the Jews had …
Jesus Christ made peace by the sacrifice of Himself; in every sense, Christ was their Peace, the author, center, and substance of their being at pe…
