EPH 2:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) [ref]By his death on the pole, any hostility is destroyed and both groups now become just one body in God’s sight.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT and so that he might reconcile both to God as one body through the cross, putting to death the hostility in it.

UST He did this in order to reconcile both groups to God as one group by dying on the cross for all of them. By dying for them, Jesus made it possible for them to stop being enemies to each other and to God.

BSB and reconciling both [of them] to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death [their] hostility.

BLB and He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by it having slain the hostility.

AICNT and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having put to death the hostility in him.

OEB And when, on the cross, he had destroyed their mutual enmity, he sought by means of his cross to reconcile them both to God, united in one body.

WEBBE and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

LSV and might reconcile both in one body to God through the Cross, having slain the enmity by it,

FBV and completely reconcile both of them to God through the cross as if they were just one body, having destroyed our hostility towards each other.

TCNT He reconciled both groups to God in one body through the cross, by which he put the hostility to death.

T4T By dying on the cross [MTY] he caused both Jews and non-Jews to have a peaceful relationship with God. That is how he caused us to no longer be [MET] enemies with God (OR, with each other).

LEB No LEB EPH book available

BBE And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.

Moff No Moff EPH book available

Wymth thus effecting peace, and to reconcile Jews and Gentiles in one body to God, by means of His cross—slaying by it their mutual enmity.

ASV and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

DRA And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.

YLT and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,

Drby and might reconcile both in one body to [fn]God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

2.16 Elohim

RV and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
(and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain/killed the enmity thereby: )

SLT And that he might reconcile anew both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the enmity in it:

Wbstr And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having by it slain the enmity:

KJB-1769 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
(And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain/killed the enmity thereby: )

KJB-1611 And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by the crosse, hauing slaine the enmitie [fn]thereby,
(And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain/killed the enmitie thereby,)

2:16 Or, in himselfe.

Bshps No Bshps EPH book available

Gnva And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by his crosse, and slay hatred thereby,
(And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by his cross, and slay hatred thereby, )

Cvdl No Cvdl EPH book available

TNT and to reconcile both vnto god in one body thorow his crosse and slewe hatred therby:
(and to reconcile both unto god in one body through his cross and slew/killed hatred thereby: )

Wycl No Wycl EPH book available

Luth No Luth EPH book available

ClVg et reconciliet ambos in uno corpore, Deo per crucem, interficiens inimicitias in semetipso.
(and reconciliet ambos in/into/on one corpore, to_God through crucem, interficiens enemiestias in/into/on semetipso. )

UGNT καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ Θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ;
(kai apokatallaxaʸ tous amfoterous en heni sōmati tōi Theōi dia tou staurou, apokteinas taʸn eⱪthran en autōi;)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ·
(kai apokatallaxaʸ tous amfoterous en heni sōmati tōi theōi dia tou staurou apokteinas taʸn eⱪthran en autōi;)

RP-GNT καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ·
(kai apokatallaxaʸ tous amfoterous en heni sōmati tōi theōi dia tou staurou, apokteinas taʸn eⱪthran en autōi;)

TC-GNT καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ Θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ·
(kai apokatallaxaʸ tous amfoterous en heni sōmati tōi Theōi dia tou staurou, apokteinas taʸn eⱪthran en autōi; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους

˱he˲_˓may˒_reconcile ¬the both

Alternate translation: [so that Christ might bring the Jews and the Gentiles together in peace]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι

in one body

The church is often pictured as the body of Christ, who is its head. Here it is comprised of both Jews and Gentiles.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ

through the cross

The cross here represents Christ’s death on the cross. Alternate translation: [by means of Christ’s death on the cross]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν

˓having˒_killed_off the enmity

Ending their hostility is spoken of as if Christ killed their hostility. By dying on the cross, Jesus eliminated the reason for Jews and Gentiles to be hostile toward each other. Neither are now required to live according to the law of Moses. Alternate translation: [stopping them from hating one another]

Parallel EPH 2:16