Colossians 1:21

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

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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

20having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in the heavens.

22in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;

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Cross References

Ezekiel 14:5that I may lay hold of the house of Israel in their hearts, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Romans 5:9Much more then, being now accepted as righteous through his blood, we shall be saved through him from the [[coming]] wrath.

1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not, that wrongdoers 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 ye were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

Ephesians 4:18having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts;

Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray, slaves to 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 →

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