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Colossians 1:21–22

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21kAnd you, that were ksometime lalienated and menemies ||in your mind nby wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22oIn the body of his flesh through death, pto present you holy and unblameable and qunreproveable in his sight:

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  1. kSee Eph. 2:1, 2.
  2. kSee Eph. 2:1, 2.
  3. lSee Eph. 2:12.
  4. mRom. 5:10. So Eph. 2:15, 16.
  5. ||Or, by your mind in wicked works.
  6. nSee Tit. 1:16.
  7. oEcclus. 23:16. So Rom. 7:4. Comp. Eph. 2:15, 16. 1 Pet. 3:18.
  8. pver. 28. So Jude 24. See Eph. 1:4. & 5:27.
  9. q1 Cor. 1:8 (Gk.). See 1 Tim. 3:10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds as expressed in your evil actions. But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before him—

NLTNew Living Translation

This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And although you were formerly alienated and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds, but now you have been reconciled by his physical body through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,