16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in [a]one body by his cross, and [b]slay hatred thereby,

17 [c]And came, and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were near.

18 For [d]through him we both have an entrance unto the Father by one Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:16 He alludeth to the sacrifices of the Law, which represented that true and only sacrifice.
  2. Ephesians 2:16 For he destroyed death by death, and fastened it as it were to the cross.
  3. Ephesians 2:17 The preaching of the Gospel is an effectual instrument of this grace, common as well to the Jews as to the Gentiles.
  4. Ephesians 2:18 Christ is the gate as it were, by whom we come to the Father, and the holy Ghost is as it were our lodes man who leadeth us.

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