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Reconciled in Christ

19 For it pleased the Father that ain Him all the fullness should dwell,  
20 and aby Him to reconcile ball things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, chaving made peace through the blood of His cross.  
21 And you, awho once were alienated and enemies in your mind bby wicked works, yet now He has creconciled  
22 ain the body of His flesh through death, bto present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—  
23 if indeed you continue ain the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are bnot moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, cwhich was preached to every creature under heaven, dof which I, Paul, became a minister.  

Sacrificial Service for Christ

24 aI now rejoice in my sufferings bfor you, and fill up in my flesh cwhat is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for dthe sake of His body, which is the church,  
25 of which I became a minister according to athe stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Colossians 1:21

The Colossians are included in this general reconciliation (compare Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:12).

sometime—"once."

alienated—from God and salvation: objectively banished from God, through the barrier which God's justice interposed against your sin: subjectively estranged through the alienation of your own wills from God. The former is the prominent thought (compare Romans 5:10), as the second follows, "enemies in your mind." "Actual alienation makes habitual 'enemies'" [BENGEL].

in your mind—Greek, "in your understanding" or "thought" (Ephesians 2:3; Ephesians 4:18).

by wicked works—rather as Greek, "in your wicked works" (wicked works were the element in which your enmity subsisted).

yet now—Notwithstanding the former alienation, now that Christ has come, God hath completely reconciled, or restored to His friendship again (so the Greek, compare Note, see on Colossians 1:20).




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