Colossians 1:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one

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  • Eph 2:12 : 12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
  • Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another. 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.
  • Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins, 2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
  • Eph 4:18 : 18 Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
  • Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him. 10 For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men, 10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
  • Eph 2:19 : 19 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
  • Titus 1:15-16 : 15 To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought. 16 They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
  • Rom 1:30 : 30 Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be: 8 So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

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  • Col 1:20
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    20Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.

  • Col 1:22
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    22In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

  • Eph 2:11-18
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    11For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

    12That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

    13But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

    14For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

    15Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;

    16And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.

    17And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

    18Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

  • Eph 2:1-3
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    1And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

    2In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

    3Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

  • Col 2:13-15
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    13And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

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    15Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.

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    18But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

    19That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

    20So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.

    21For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

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    3For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

  • Col 3:6-8
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    6Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

    7Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.

    8But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

  • Rom 5:9-11
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    9Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.

    10For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;

    11And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

  • Col 1:13-14
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    13Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

    14In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

    7In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

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    30But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

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    10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

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    23And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

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    5Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

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    8For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

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    20By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

    27To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Rom 5:1
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    1For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

  • Eph 4:31-32
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    31Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

    32And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

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    30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

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    18Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

  • Rom 3:24-25
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    24And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

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    20Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

    21Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

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    3For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.