Colossians 1:22

Conflict and reconciliation Purity The cross and atonement Justification

²⁰ And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

²¹ And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

²³ If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

²⁴ Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
KJV: In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
WEB: yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
ASV: yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
DARBY: in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,
BLB: but now He has reconciled [you] in His body of flesh through death, to present you⁺ holy and unblemished and blameless before Him,

ÅB: dere har han nå forlikt i hans jordiske legeme ved døden, for å fremstille dere hellige og ulastelige og ustraffelige for sitt åsyn,
OTB: men nå har han forsonet dere gjennom Kristi fysiske kropp ved hans død for å presentere dere hellige i hans øyne, uten lyte og fri fra anklage—
B1930: eder har han nu forlikt i hans jordiske legeme ved døden, for å fremstille eder hellige og ulastelige og ustraffelige for sitt åsyn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 5:27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
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Hebrews 10:10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Romans 7:4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
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Hebrews 10:20
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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Ephesians 2:15–16
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
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