Ephesians 2:16 meaning and explanation

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

Ephesians 2:16, Berean Standard Bible

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In context, Paul is writing to Gentile believers in Ephesus about how Christ has joined Jews and Gentiles into one new people. Verse 16 completes the thought: through the cross, Christ reconciled both groups to God in one body, and by that same cross He put an end to the hostility between them.

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