Colossians 1:22

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but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him–

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  • Eph 5:27 : 27 so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • Rom 7:4 : 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Heb 10:10 : 10 By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • Heb 10:20 : 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
  • 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Exhortation to the Faithful Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.
  • 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.
  • Eph 2:15-16 : 15 when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace, 16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.
  • Ps 51:7 : 7 Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
  • Luke 1:75 : 75 in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.
  • Job 15:15 : 15 If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
  • Job 25:5 : 5 If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,

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