Ephesians 2:16-18

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.

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¹ tn Grk “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).