Colossians 1:22
“In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy & vnblameable, and vnreprooueable in his sight,”
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Colossians 1:22 Context
20And (hauing made peace through the blood of his crosse) by him to reconcile all things vnto himself, by him, I say, whether they bee things in earth, or things in heauen. 21And you that were sometimes alienated, and enemies in your minde by wicked workes, yet now hath hee reconciled, 22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy & vnblameable, and vnreprooueable in his sight, 23If ye continue in the faith grounded and setled, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, which yee haue heard, and which was preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am made a Minister. 24Who now reioyce in my sufferings for you, and fill vp that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,
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Other Translations for Colossians 1:22
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
- King James Version
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--
- New American Standard Version (1995)
yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
- American Standard Version (1901)
In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:
- Basic English Bible
in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,
- Darby Bible
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight:
- Webster's Bible
He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;
- Weymouth 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,
- World English Bible
now he hath recounselid you in the bodi of his fleisch bi deth, to haue you hooli, and vnwemmyd, and with out repreef bifor hym.
- Wycliffe Bible
in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Colossians 1:22
1:22 By the body of his flesh - So distinguished from his body, the church. The body here denotes his entire manhood. Through death - Whereby he purchased the reconciliation which we receive by faith. To present you - The very end of that reconciliation. Holy - Toward God. Spotless - In yourselves. Unreprovable - As to your neighbour.
People's Bible Notes for Colossians 1:22
Col 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death. It is through the sufferings of Christ that they are enabled to come to God. Without Christ and the cross there could be no gospel. To present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. Through his blood their sins are cleansed, so that they are holy in the sight of God.