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Col 1:20. Ἀποκαταλλάξαι, to reconcile) Eph 2:16.-τὰ πάντα, all things) Eph 1:10.-εἰς αὐτὸν, unto Himself) i.e. unto God, Col 1:22; 2Co 5:19.-εἰρηνοποιήσας, having made peace) Eph 2:14; Eph 2:17. The nominative depends on He has been well-pleased.-διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ αὐτοῦ) by the blood shed on the cross, and therefore by His death on the cross; or there is an apposition with a Metonymy [see Append.]: by the blood, that is, His cross. The effect of the crucifixion (although not of the crucifixion alone) is the shedding of blood.-διʼ αὐτοῦ, by Him) This repetition both adds to the emphasis, and shows that the all things are straightway explained by it, whether the things which, etc. This phrase, all things, includes also the dead.-ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, on the earth) It was on the earth that there had arisen the beginning of the enmities; therefore the earth is put first.-τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, the things which are in the heavens) Luk 19:38. It is certain that the angels, the friends of God, were the enemies of men, when they were in a state of hostility against God.