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Colossians 1:21–23

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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: 23rIf ye continue in the faith sgrounded and tsettled, and be not moved away from uthe hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and wwhich was preached xto every creature which is under heaven; ywhereof I Paul am made a minister;

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Footnotes

  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.
  10. rSo John 8:31. & 15:6. Acts 11:23. & 14:22. Rom. 2:7. Heb. 3:6.
  11. tSee 1 Cor. 7:37.
  12. uver. 5.
  13. wMark 16:15. So ver. 6. Comp. Rom. 10:18.
  14. xRather as Rom. 8:22 (text).
  15. yEph. 3:7. ver. 25. See 2 Cor. 3:6.

Cross references

  1. sEph. 3:17.

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, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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—if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

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—if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

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.

But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

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, if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.