Colossians 1:21

And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also 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

20And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen.

22In that body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, and vnblameable and without fault in his sight,

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Cross References

Ezekiel 14:5That I may take the house of Israel in their owne heart, because they are all departed from me through their idoles.

Romans 5:9Much more then, being now iustified by his blood, we shalbe saued from wrath through him.

1 Corinthians 6:9Knowe yee not that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor wantons, nor buggerers,

Ephesians 2:12That ye were, I say, at that time without Christ, and were alients from the common wealth of Israel, and were strangers from the couenants of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in the world.

Ephesians 4:18Hauing their vnderstanding darkened, and being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardnesse of their heart:

Titus 3:3For wee our selues also were in times past vnwise, disobedient, deceiued, seruing the lustes and diuers pleasures, liuing in maliciousnes and enuie, hatefull, 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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