Ephesians 2:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.

Berean Study Bible
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

New American Standard Bible
and that He might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the hostility.

NASB 1995
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

NASB 1977
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

Amplified Bible
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.

Christian Standard Bible
He did this so that he might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross by which he put the hostility to death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He did this so that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross and put the hostility to death by it.

Contemporary English Version
On the cross Christ did away with our hatred for each other. He also made peace between us and God by uniting Jews and Gentiles in one body.

Good News Translation
By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He also brought them back to God in one body by his cross, on which he killed the hostility.

International Standard Version
and reconciling both groups to God in one body through the cross, on which he eliminated the hostility.

NET Bible
and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

New King James Version
and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.

King James 2000 Bible
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

New Heart English Bible
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which he put to death their enmity.

World English Bible
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.

American King James Version
And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

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

A Faithful Version
And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity by it.

Darby Bible Translation
and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having by it slain the enmity:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by his crosse, and slay hatred thereby,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse, and slewe hatred thereby.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse, and so he slewe ye hatred thorow his owne selfe,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and to recocile both vnto god in one body thorow his crosse and slewe hatred therby:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and might reconcile both in one body to God through the Cross, having slain the enmity by it,

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

Young's Literal Translation
and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,

Smith's Literal Translation
And that he might reconcile anew both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the enmity in it:

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he has reconciled the two with God in one body, and in his crucifixion he has killed the hatred.

Lamsa Bible
And he reconciled both in one body with God, and with his cross he destroyed the enmity:

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and that he might reconcile both, in one body, to God, through the cross, having by it put to death the cause of enmity;

Godbey New Testament
and that he may reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity on in.

Haweis New Testament
and might reconcile them both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;

Mace New Testament
that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them:

Weymouth New Testament
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.

Worrell New Testament
and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;

Worsley New Testament
and that He might reconcile both in one body unto God, by the cross, having thereby slain the enmity:
















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