¹⁵ He did this by ·ending [setting aside; nullifying] the law of commands and rules ·by giving his own body [^Lin his flesh; ^Cthis phrase may go with the previous sentence]. His purpose was to make the two groups of people become one new ·people [humanity; person; man] in him and in this way make peace. ¹⁶ It was also Christ’s purpose to ·end [^Lput to death; kill] the ·hatred [hostility; enmity] between the two groups, to make them into one body, and to ·bring them back [reconcile them] to God. ·Christ did all this with his death on the cross [^L…through the cross]. ¹⁷ Christ came and ·preached [proclaimed the Good News of] peace [Is. 52:7] to you who were ·far away from God [^Lfar away/off], and to those who were ·near to God [^Lnear; Is. 57:19].