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.

既在十字架上灭了冤仇，便藉这十字架使两下归为一体，与神和好了，

既在十字架上消灭了冤仇，就藉这十字架使双方归为一体，与上帝和好，

既在十字架上消灭了冤仇，就藉这十字架使双方归为一体，与神和好，

并借着十字架消灭彼此间的敌意，使双方借着一个身体与上帝和好。

基督既然藉着十字架消灭了仇恨，就藉着十字架使双方与神和好，成为一体，

他在十字架上既然消除了仇恨，就藉着十字架使两者得以在一个身体里，与神和好；

既在十字架上滅了冤仇，便藉這十字架使兩下歸為一體，與神和好了，

既在十字架上消滅了冤仇，就藉這十字架使雙方歸為一體，與上帝和好，

既在十字架上消滅了冤仇，就藉這十字架使雙方歸為一體，與神和好，

並藉著十字架消滅彼此間的敵意，使雙方藉著一個身體與上帝和好。

基督既然藉著十字架消滅了仇恨，就藉著十字架使雙方與神和好，成為一體，

好把雙方、藉着十字架、在一個身體裏、跟上帝完全復和，因為他已經用十字架把那敵態消滅了。

他在十字架上既然消除了仇恨，就藉著十字架使兩者得以在一個身體裡，與神和好；

又以十架誅厥仇讐、聯二者為一體、復和於上帝、

基督死於十字架、使我儕敵意不萌、聯二者為一體、俾得親於上帝、

且以其十字架、使二者聯為一體、與天主復和、以冤仇消滅於己身、或作蓋以其十字架消滅冤仇使二者聯為一體與天主復和

更以此融成一體之二族、與天主協和於十字架上。十字架者、所以消滅一切敵對之意也。

and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

He planned to bring both Jews and Gentiles back to God as one body. He planned to do this through the cross. On that cross, Christ put to death their hatred toward one another.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.

and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.

The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead,“ Come back to God!”For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin.You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.

He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.

My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.