Colossians 1:22 Parallel Translations

But now Christ has brought you back to God by dying in his physical body. He did this so that you could come into God's presence without sin, fault, or blame.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

ASV:

yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

BBE:

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

DBY:

in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,

ERV:

in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

WEY:

He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;

WBS:

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight:

WEB:

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,

YLT:

in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

Colossians 1:22 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Ephesians 2:16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

Ephesians 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

Colossians 1:28 We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:22 In the body of his {p} flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
(p) In that fleshly body, to show us that his body was not an unreal body, but a real one.

PNT:

1:22 In the body of his flesh through death. It is through the sufferings of Christ that they are enabled to come to God. Without Christ and the cross there could be no gospel.
To present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. Through his blood their sins are cleansed, so that they are holy in the sight of God.

WES:

1:22 By the body of his flesh - So distinguished from his body, the church. The body here denotes his entire manhood. Through death - Whereby he purchased the reconciliation which we receive by faith. To present you - The very end of that reconciliation. Holy - Toward God. Spotless - In yourselves. Unreprovable - As to your neighbour.

MHC:

1:15-23 Christ in his human nature, is the visible discovery of the invisible God, and he that hath seen Him hath seen the Father. Let us adore these mysteries in humble faith, and behold the glory of the Lord in Christ Jesus. He was born or begotten before all the creation, before any creature was made; which is the Scripture way of representing eternity, and by which the eternity of God is represented to us. All things being created by Him, were created for him; being made by his power, they were made according to his pleasure, and for his praise and glory. He not only created them all at first, but it is by the word of his power that they are upheld. Christ as Mediator is the Head of the body, the church; all grace and strength are from him; and the church is his body. All fulness dwells in him; a fulness of merit and righteousness, of strength and grace for us. God showed his justice in requiring full satisfaction. This mode of redeeming mankind by the death of Christ was most suitable. Here is presented to our view the method of being reconciled. And that, notwithstanding the hatred of sin on God's part, it pleased God to reconcile fallen man to himself. If convinced that we were enemies in our minds by wicked works, and that we are now reconciled to God by the sacrifice and death of Christ in our nature, we shall not attempt to explain away, nor yet think fully to comprehend these mysteries; but we shall see the glory of this plan of redemption, and rejoice in the hope set before us. If this be so, that God's love is so great to us, what shall we do now for God? Be frequent in prayer, and abound in holy duties; and live no more to yourselves, but to Christ. Christ died for us. But wherefore? That we should still live in sin? No; but that we should die to sin, and live henceforth not to ourselves, but to Him.

CONC:

Accusation Beyond Blameless Blemish Body Bring Christ's Death Evil Faultless Flesh Fleshly Free Holy Human Irreproachable Order Physical Presence Present Reconciled Reproach- Sight Sin Unblamable Unblameable Unblemished Unreprovable Unreproveable Yet

Accusation Blameless Blemish Body Christ's Death Evil Faultless Flesh Fleshly Free Holy Human Irreproachable Order Physical Presence Present Reconciled Sight Sin Unblamable Unblameable Unreproveable

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