Colossians 1:22
in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before Himself,
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21And you—once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now He reconciled,
Cross References
Job 15:15Behold, He puts no credence in His holy ones, || And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
Psalms 51:7You cleanse me with hyssop and I am clean, || Wash me, and I am whiter than snow.
Romans 7:4So that, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another’s, who was raised up out of the dead, that we might bear fruit to God;
Ephesians 1:4according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
Ephesians 5:27that He might present the Assembly to Himself in glory, having no spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
Titus 2:14who gave Himself for us, that He might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.
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 →