JMNT(i)
19 because WITHIN Him all – the entire contents (the result of that which fills everything; all the effect of the full measure [of things]) –
delights to settle down and dwell as in a house (or: because He approved all the fullness [of all existence] to permanently reside within Him)
20 and THROUGH Him at once to transfer the all (the whole; = all of existential creation),
away from a certain state to the level of another which is quite different (or: to change all things, bringing movement away from being down; to reconcile all things; to change everything from estrangement and alienation to friendship and harmony and move all),
INTO Him – making (constructing; forming; creating)
peace and harmony through the blood of His cross (execution stake):
through Him, whether the things upon the earth (or: land)
or the things within the atmospheres and heavens!
21 And so you folks, being at one time people having been alienated away (being estranged; being rendered as belonging to another; = having been put out of the family)
and enemies (or: hated ones)
by the divided thoughts (in the dualistic perceptions and things going through the mind in every direction)
within (or: in the midst of; in union with; or: = in the performance of)
the miserable deeds (gushes of wicked actions; laborious and painful works) –