Ephesians 2:16

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and bring them back to God as one body. On the cross, Christ put to death the hatred that Jews and Gentiles felt toward one another.

Cross References

Romans 5:10

Once we were God’s enemies, but we were brought back to him through the death of his Son. And now that God has brought us back, how much more will we be saved through the life of his Son!

Colossians 2:14

and cancelled the debt that the law said we owed. That debt counted against us and made us guilty, but God took it away and nailed it to the cross.

Ephesians 2:15

Through his body on the cross, Christ set aside the law with all its commands and rules. He did this so he could create one new people out of both Jews and Gentiles. He wanted to make peace between them

Galatians 2:20

I’ve been crucified with Christ. I’m not the one living anymore. Christ is living in me. I do continue to live in this body, but I do that by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 8:3

God did what the written law was not able to do, since it was weakened by our sinful desires. God sent his Son to be an offering for sin. He sent him in human form like those who are susceptible to sin. When God did this, he passed judgment against sin so that it could no longer control people through their wrong desires.

Romans 8:7

The mind that’s ruled by wrong desires is at war with God. It doesn’t obey God’s law, because it can’t.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old self was nailed to the cross with him. That happened so that our bodies that were so used to sinning wouldn’t control us anymore. Now we’re not slaves of sin any longer.

1 Corinthians 10:17

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because we all share the one loaf.

Ephesians 4:4

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called.

Colossians 3:15

Let the peace that Christ gives rule in your hearts, since as parts of one body, you were called to peace. And be thankful.