Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,
New American Standard Bible
yet He has now
King James Version
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Holman Bible
But now He has reconciled you by His physical body
International Standard Version
he has now reconciled by the death of his physical body, so that he may present you holy, blameless, and without fault before him.
A Conservative Version
in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and unblameable before him.
American Standard Version
yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
Amplified
yet Christ has now reconciled you [to God] in His
An Understandable Version
yet now God has reconciled [you] to Himself through the death of Christ's physical body in order to present you holy, without fault and free from just blame before Him [on judgment day].
Anderson New Testament
by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless in his sight;
Bible in Basic English
In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:
Common New Testament
yet he has now reconciled you in his fleshly body through death, in order to present you before him holy and blameless and beyond reproach
Daniel Mace New Testament
through his own death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable in his own sight:
Darby Translation
in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,
Godbey New Testament
in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him,
Goodspeed New Testament
through dying in his human body) in holiness, and free from reproach or blame, into God's presence??23 if at least you continue firm and steadfast in the exercise of faith, and never shift from the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been preached all over the world, and for which I, Paul, became a worker.
John Wesley New Testament
he hath now reconciled, By the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and spotless, and unreproveable in his sight:
Julia Smith Translation
In the body of his flesh by death, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreproachable before him:
King James 2000
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight:
Lexham Expanded Bible
but now you have been reconciled by {his physical body} through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
Modern King James verseion
in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish, and without charge in His sight,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
in the body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, unblameable, and without fault in his own sight,
Moffatt New Testament
so as to set you consecrated and unblemished and irreproachable in his presence ??23 that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.
Montgomery New Testament
he has now in his human body reconciled to God by his death, in order that he may bring you into his presence, holy and unblemished and irreproachable.
NET Bible
but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him --
New Heart English Bible
yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,
Noyes New Testament
in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;
Sawyer New Testament
by the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blame and without fault before him,
The Emphasized Bible
In his body of flesh, through means of his death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccusable before him, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
by the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his presence:
Webster
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight:
Weymouth New Testament
He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;
Williams New Testament
by His death in His human body, so as to present you consecrated, faultless, and blameless in His presence,
World English Bible
yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,
Worrell New Testament
yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him;
Worsley New Testament
yet now hath He reconciled in the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight:
Youngs Literal Translation
in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,
Themes
Access to God » Follows upon reconciliation to God
The atonement » Reconciliation to God effected by
Christian conduct » Blamelessness
Holiness » Saints » Shall be presented to God in
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
Interlinear
Dia
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:22
Images Colossians 1:22
Prayers for Colossians 1:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
21 And it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness-- 22 But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless, 23 If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
Cross References
Romans 7:4
And so with you, my Brothers; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God.
Ephesians 5:27
So that he might himself bring the Church, in all her beauty, into his own presence, with no spot or wrinkle or blemish of any kind, but that she might be holy and faultless.
Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.
Jude 1:24
To him who is able to guard you from falling, and to bring you into his glorious presence, blameless and rejoicing-
Luke 1:75
And should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.
2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, that I might present you to the Christ a pure bride.
Ephesians 2:15-16
And in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them--the Law with its injunctions and ordinances--in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one New Man and thus make peace.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God's Call to us does not permit of an impure life, but demands purity.
Titus 2:14
For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a People who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.
Hebrews 10:10
And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 10:20
by the way which he inaugurated for us--a new and living way, a way through the Sanctuary Curtain (that is, his human nature);
Hebrews 13:21
may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, dear friends, in expectation of these things, make every effort to be found by him spotless, blameless, and at peace.