2:16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. 1 2:17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
2:18 so that 2 through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
1 tnGrk “by killing the hostility in himself.”
2 tn Or “for.” BDAG gives the consecutive ὅτι (Joti) as a possible category of NT usage (BDAG 732 s.v. 5.c).