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Colossians 1:21–22

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21And although you were aformerly alienated and enemies in mind and in evil deeds,

22but now He areconciled you in the bbody of His flesh through death, in order to cpresent you before Him dholy and blameless and beyond reproach—

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Cross references

  1. aRom 5:10; Eph 2:3, 12
  2. a2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16
  3. bRom 7:4
  4. cEph 5:27; Col 1:28
  5. dEph 1:4

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,

KJV 1900King James Version

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: