Ephesians 2:16
Ephesians 2:16-18 The Message (MSG)
Christ brought us together through his death on the cross. The Cross got us to embrace, and that was the end of the hostility. Christ came and preached peace to you outsiders and peace to us insiders. He treated us as equals, and so made us equals. Through him we both share the same Spirit and have equal access to the Father.
Ephesians 2:16 King James Version (KJV)
and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby
Ephesians 2:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
Ephesians 2:16 New Century Version (NCV)
It was also Christ’s purpose to end the hatred between the two groups, to make them into one body, and to bring them back to God. Christ did all this with his death on the cross.
Ephesians 2:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby
Ephesians 2:16 New International Version (NIV)
and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
Ephesians 2:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
Ephesians 2:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And [that He] might reconcile them both [Jew and Gentile, united] in one body to God through the cross, thereby putting to death the hostility.
Ephesians 2:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.