Colossians 1:21

And you, though you had been, in times past, understood to be foreigners and enemies, with works of evil,

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

In Context

20and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.

22yet now he has reconciled you, by his body of flesh, through death, so as to offer you, holy and immaculate and blameless, before him.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 14:5so that the house of Israel may be seized within their own heart, by which they have withdrawn from me to all their idols.

Romans 5:9Christ died for us. Therefore, having been justified now by his blood, all the more so shall we be saved from wrath through him.

1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers,

Ephesians 2:12and that you were, in that time, without Christ, being foreign to the way of life of Israel, being visitors to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and being without God in this world.

Ephesians 4:18having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

Titus 3:3For, in times past, we ourselves were also unwise, unbelieving, erring, servants of various desires and pleasures, acting with malice and envy, being 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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