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20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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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.
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21 And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
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21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
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22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,
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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--
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