“And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:”
And in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility — in the heis sōma ('one body,' the church), reconciliation (apokatallassō, 'restore to full relationship') occurs to God (theō) via the stauros ('cross'), where echthra ('hostility') is killed, the cosmic alienation ended.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 2:16
“And might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the Cross.” He says, not merely “might reconcile,” (καταλλάξῃ) but “might reconcile thoroughly” (ἀ ποκαταλλάξῃ ) indicating that heretofore human nature had been easily reconciled, as, e.g., in the case of the saints and before the time of the Law. “In one body,” says he, and that His own, “unto God.” How is this effected? By Himself, he means, suffering the due penalty. Nothing can be more decisive, nothing more…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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