KJV King James Version
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
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Colossians 1:21
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
WEB World English Bible
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
ASV American Standard Version
And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And you—once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,
Surrounding context — Colossians 1
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 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.
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23 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;
24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouποτεG4218 · poteonce/whenὄνταςG1510 · eimito beἀπηλλοτριωμένουςG526 · apallotrioōto alienateκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐχθροὺςG2190 · echthrosenemyτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιανοίᾳG1271 · dianoiamindἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔργοιςG2041 · ergonworkτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπονηροῖς,G4190 · ponērosevil/bad
Cross-references
Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:Titus 3:3-7For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.Ephesians 2:1-3And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:Romans 5:9-10Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.Ephesians 2:19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;Romans 8:7-8Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.1 Corinthians 6:9-11Know 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 mankind,Titus 1:15-16Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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