That he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
He put to death the enmity by the cross, offering the flawless sacrifice. He reconciled both, that is, those from the Gentiles and those from the Jews, in one body offered for all, so that they might form one body. He called all believers one man since while Christ the Lord is the single head of all, those granted salvation fill the role of the body.
He put to death the enmity by the cross, offering the flawless sacrifice. He reconciled both, that is, those from the Gentiles and those from the Jews, in one body offered for all, so that they might form one body. He called all believers one man since while Christ the Lord is the single head of all, those granted salvation fill the role of the body.
Theodoret of Cyrus, "The Letter to the Ephesians" on Ephesians 2:15-16
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