Colossians 1:21

And you, who were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

In Context

20and by him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

22by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless in his sight;

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Cross References

Romans 5:9much more, then, since we are now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through him.

1 Corinthians 6:9Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither lewd persons, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites,

Ephesians 2:12that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the community of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and having no God in the world:

Ephesians 4:18darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;

Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were formerly foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:13-29

The Redeemer's Dignity; The Work of Redemption; Paul's Preaching. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven,… Read the whole commentary →

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