And might reconcile

(κα αποκαταλλαξη). Final clause with ινα understood of first aorist active subjunctive of αποκαταλλασσω for which see Colossians 1:20; Colossians 1:22.Them both

(τους αμφοτερους). "The both," "the two" (τους δυο), Jew and Gentile.In one body

(εν εν σωματ). The "one new man" of verse Ephesians 2:15 of which Christ is Head (Ephesians 1:23), the spiritual church. Paul piles up metaphors to express his idea of the Kingdom of God with Christ as King (the church, the body, the commonwealth of Israel, oneness, one new man in Christ, fellow-citizens, the family of God, the temple of God).Thereby

(εν αυτω). On the Cross where he slew the enmity (repeated here) between Jew and Gentile.

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