17and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh.


In Context

14 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

15 having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

16 and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

17 and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh.

18 For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father.

19 So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

Ephesians 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off, and peace to them that were nigh.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17and having come, he did proclaim good news — peace to you — the far-off and the nigh,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were near.