Colossians 1:20

Having made peace [ε ι ρ η ν ο π ο ι η σ α ς]. Only here in the New Testament. Having concluded peace; see on John 3:21. The participle is parallel with to reconcile, and marks peace - making and reconciliation as contemporaneous. The kindred eijrhnopoiov peacemaker, only in Matthew 5:9. The phrase making peace, in which the two factors of this verb appear separately, occurs only Ephesians 2:15.

To reconcile [α π ο κ α τ α λ λ α ξ α ι]. Only here, ver. 21, and Ephesians 2:16. The connection is : it was the good pleasure of the Father (ver. 19) to reconcile. The compounded preposition ajpo gives the force of back, hinting at restoration to a primal unity. So, in Ephesians 2:12-16, it occurs as in ver. 21, in connection with ajphllotriwmenoi alienated, as if they had not always been strangers. See on Ephesians 2:12. Others explain to reconcile wholly. For the verb katallassw to reconcile, see on Romans 5:10.

All things [τ α π α ν τ α]. Must be taken in the same sense as in vers. 16, 17, 18, the whole universe, material and spiritual. 191 The arrangement of clauses adopted by Rev. is simpler.