Ephesians 2:15 sets up the context: abolishing the law creates one new man, making peace—the killing of hostility in v16 is the result.

In Ephesians 2:13, being brought near by Christ's blood precedes the full reconciliation in 2:16, completing the thought.

In Ephesians 4:4, 'one body' is the foundation of Christian unity — the same body achieved by the cross in 2:16.

In Ephesians 1:23, the church is Christ's body — the same one body reconciled through the cross in 2:16.

In Romans 5:10, the same concept of reconciliation through Christ's death is emphasized, highlighting that we were enemies—matching the hostility killed in Ephesians.

Colossians 2:14 explains the cross canceling the legal debt that separated us, a mechanism behind the peace and reconciliation in Ephesians 2:16.

Colossians 1:21-22 directly parallels Ephesians: once alienated and hostile, now reconciled through Christ's death to be presented holy—identical theme.

2 Corinthians 5:18-21 expands on reconciliation as God's work in Christ, not counting trespasses, and entrusting us with the message—deepening the meaning of the cross in Ephesians.

Romans 8:7 uses the same word 'hostility' to describe the flesh's enmity against God, revealing the root cause of the hostility that the cross kills in Ephesians.

In 1 Corinthians 10:17, the one bread makes many one body — echoing the reconciled body of Jews and Gentiles from the cross.

In Colossians 1:22, reconciliation through Christ's death parallels Eph 2:16, emphasizing the cross as the means.

Isaiah 27:5 invites making peace with God — directly parallel to Christ's cross reconciling us to God and killing hostility.

In Colossians 3:15, the peace of Christ rules in one body — the same reconciled body from Eph 2:16.

In 1 Peter 3:18, Christ's suffering brings us to God — the same reconciling purpose as the cross in Eph 2:16.

In Hebrews 2:17, Christ as high priest makes propitiation — the reconciling work of the cross in Eph 2:16.

Romans 8:3 shows the cross condemning sin, which parallels how the cross in Ephesians kills hostility—both remove barriers to peace with God.

Romans 6:6 speaks of the old self crucified to end sin's enslavement—while Ephesians has the cross killing hostility, both involve death to a separating power.