For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
Ephesians 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end. American Standard Version (1901) and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: Common English Bible He reconciled them both as one body to God by the cross, which ended the hostility to God. Catholic Public Domain Version and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself. |
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law—indeed it cannot,
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace,
that is, the Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling,
erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.