Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions.
New American Standard Bible
And although you were
King James Version
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
International Standard Version
You who were once alienated with a hostile attitude, doing evil,
A Conservative Version
And you, being formerly alienated and hostile in mind, in works, in things evil. But now he has reconciled
American Standard Version
And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
Amplified
And although you were at one time estranged and alienated and hostile-minded [toward Him], participating in evil things,
An Understandable Version
And though you were once estranged [from God] and were enemies [of His] in your mind because of your evil deeds,
Anderson New Testament
And you, who were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled
Bible in Basic English
And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one
Common New Testament
And although you were once alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
Daniel Mace New Testament
You then that formerly were alienated from God, and were enemies by your imaginations and wicked practices, even you has Jesus Christ now reconciled to the body of his church,
Darby Translation
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled
Godbey New Testament
And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled
Goodspeed New Testament
And it has brought you, who were once estranged from him, hostile in attitude and engaged in doing wrong (though now he has reconciled you
John Wesley New Testament
And you that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
Julia Smith Translation
And you, once being alienated and enemies in mind by evil works, and now has he reconciled
King James 2000
And you, that were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {although you were formerly alienated} and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds,
Modern King James verseion
And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And you - which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your minds were set in evil works - hath he now reconciled
Moffatt New Testament
Once you were estranged yourselves, your hearts hostile to him in evildoing; but now he has reconciled you by dying in his mortal body,
Montgomery New Testament
And you, alienated as you once were, hostile at heart in your evil deeds,
NET Bible
And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,
New Heart English Bible
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
Noyes New Testament
And you, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Sawyer New Testament
And you, formerly alienated and enemies in mind by evil works, he has now reconciled
The Emphasized Bible
And, you, who at one time were estranged and enemies in your mind in your wicked works, yet, now, hath he fully reconciled,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And you who in time past were all aliens, and enemies in mind by wicked works, hath he now reconciled,
Twentieth Century New Testament
And it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness--
Webster
And you, that were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,
Weymouth New Testament
And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,
Williams New Testament
So you, who were once estranged from Him, and hostile in disposition as shown by your wrongdoings, He has now reconciled
World English Bible
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
Worrell New Testament
And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in evil works,
Worsley New Testament
And you that were formerly alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
Youngs Literal Translation
And you -- once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,
Themes
Access to God » Follows upon reconciliation to God
The atonement » Reconciliation to God effected by
Character » Of the wicked » Alienated from God
Character » Of the wicked » Hostile to God
Character of the wicked » Alienated from God
Character of the wicked » Hostile to God
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Depraved in mind
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Estranged from God
Mind » Carnal, general references to
Perseverance » An evidence of reconciliation with God
Propitiation » Expiation, sin-offering
Reconciliation » Jesus Christ reconciling man to God
Reconciliation » Between God and man
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » By the death of Christ
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » While alienated from God
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:21
Images Colossians 1:21
Prayers for Colossians 1:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
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everything to Himself
by making peace
through the blood
whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Cross References
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise,
Romans 1:30
slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful,
Romans 5:9-10
Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood,
Romans 8:7-8
For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Don’t you know that the unrighteous
Ephesians 2:1-3
And you were dead
Ephesians 2:19
So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.
Titus 1:15-16
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience
Titus 3:3-7
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions
James 4:4
Adulteresses!