Parallel Verses
Worsley New Testament
And you that were formerly alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
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
Holman Bible
Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions.
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,
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
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by Him only, whether they be things on earth, or things in heaven. 21 And you that were formerly alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works, 22 yet now hath He reconciled in the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight:
Cross References
Ephesians 2:12
and ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus,
Romans 1:30
slanderers, haters of God, injurious, haughty, proud, inventers of mischief, undutiful to parents, void of understanding,
Romans 5:9-10
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through Him.
Romans 8:7-8
because the carnal mind is an enemy to God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be:
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
What! know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,
Ephesians 2:1-3
And you hath he made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Ephesians 2:19
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the houshold of God;
Ephesians 4:18
in the vanity of their mind, darkened in their understanding, and alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, by reason of the hardness of their heart:
Titus 1:15-16
To the pure indeed all things are pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure; even their mind and conscience is polluted.
Titus 3:3-7
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, going astray, enslaved to various disorderly appetites and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.