Colossians 1:21

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And you, who were once alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil deeds,

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  • Eph 2:12 : 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And you were dead in your transgressions and sins. 2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  • Eph 4:18 : 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
  • Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more then, since we have now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Eph 2:19 : 19 So then, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,
  • Titus 1:15-16 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
  • Rom 1:30 : 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

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  • Col 1:20
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    20and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross.

  • Col 1:22
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    22He has now reconciled in His physical body through death to present you holy, blameless, and above reproach before Him—

  • Eph 2:11-18
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    11Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands—

    12were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

    13But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

    14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility.

    15He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace,

    16and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death.

    17He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

    18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

  • Eph 2:1-3
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    1And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.

    2In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient.

    3Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

  • Col 2:13-15
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    13And when you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ, forgiving us all our trespasses.

    14He erased the legal debt that stood against us with its decrees. He took it away, nailing it to the cross.

    15He disarmed the rulers and authorities, and he publicly exposed them, triumphing over them in him.

  • 2 Cor 5:18-21
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    18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

    19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

    20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

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

  • Titus 3:3
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    3For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

  • Col 3:6-8
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    6Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

    7You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them.

    8But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

  • Rom 5:9-11
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    9Much more then, since we have now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

    10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

    11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

  • Col 1:13-14
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    13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,

    14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

  • Eph 1:6-7
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    6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved.

    7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  • Eph 1:10
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    10for the administration of the fullness of the times, to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth—in Him.

  • Eph 4:23
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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

  • Eph 2:5
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    5made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

  • Eph 1:20
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    20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

    27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Eph 4:31-32
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    31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, shouting, and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.

    32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • Eph 4:18
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    18They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

  • Rom 3:24-25
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    24And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

    25God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins previously committed.

  • 1 Pet 1:20-21
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    20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

    21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • Col 3:3
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    3For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.