21Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.


In Context

18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.

22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation--

23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Colossians 1:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And you, whereas you were some time alienated and enemies in mind in evil works:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath he reconciled

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And you, that were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And you — once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled