¹⁴ For ^(A)he himself is our peace, ^(B)who has made us both one and has broken down ^(C)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵ by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^(D)ordinances, that he might create in himself one ^(E)new man in place of the two, so making peace, ¹⁶ and might ^(F)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.

¹⁵ For this perhaps is why ^(A)he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, ^16 (B)no longer as a bondservant^[a] but more than a bondservant, as ^(C)a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, ^(D)both in the flesh and in the Lord.