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Colossians 1:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled "
Colossians 1:21
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For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
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Colossians 1:1
"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,"
Colossians 1:2
"To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
Colossians 1:3
"We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,"
Colossians 1:4
"Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,"
Colossians 1:5
"For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;"
Colossians 1:6
"Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:"
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