Colossians 1:21

And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath he reconciled

Revised Version 1895

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 him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

22in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

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Cross References

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

Romans 5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him.

1 Corinthians 6:9Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

Ephesians 2:12that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 4:18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

Titus 3:3For we also were aforetime foolish, disobedient, deceived, 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 →

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