Colossians 1:21
And you also, being in time past alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now has he reconciled
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
22in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccused before him;
Cross References
Romans 5:9Much more therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath through him.
1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Ephesians 2:12that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.
Ephesians 4:18having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in then, because of the hardness of their heart;
Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, 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 →