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Colossians 1:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross. "
Colossians 1:20
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18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
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Colossians 1:1
"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,"
Colossians 1:2
"to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
Colossians 1:3
"We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,"
Colossians 1:4
"having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,"
Colossians 1:5
"because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News"
Colossians 1:6
"which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,"
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