Colossians 1:22

22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—

Colossians 1:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
ESV
22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
NLT
22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
MSG
22 But now, by giving himself completely at the Cross, actually dying for you, Christ brought you over to God's side and put your lives together, whole and holy in his presence.
CSB
22 But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him-

Colossians 1:22 In-Context

20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—
23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
24 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

Cross References 4

  • 1. ver 20; S Romans 5:10
  • 2. Romans 7:4
  • 3. S 2 Corinthians 4:14
  • 4. Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 5:27
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