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


In Context

14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace,

16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

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

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

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17and, 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.

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.