And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Ver. 16. In one body] Ubi igitur Separatistae? Therefore, where are the separatists? saith one. All other sins destroy the Church consequentially; but division and separation demolish it directly.
Having slain the enmity] Not the ceremonies only, as Ephesians 2:15, but sin, that great makebate (mischief-maker), that sets God at odds with his own creature.