Colossians 1:22

Colossians 1:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
• New International Version (NIV)But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—
• English Standard Version (ESV)he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—

Context of Colossians 1:22

20He decided that Christ would die on the cross as a sacrifice. In that way, God would bring all things back to himself. Then everything could live in peace with God. That includes everything on the earth and everything in heaven. 21As for you, you were far away from God at one time. You thought bad things and you did bad things. As a result, you were God's enemies. But now you have become God's friends. This happened because Christ's human body died on the cross. As a result, God has brought you to himself. As you stand in front of him, you are completely good and clean inside. He sees nothing in you that is bad. 23But you must continue to believe God's true message. Do not turn away from it. Continue to trust God, as you did when you first heard the good news. People have told this good news to everyone all over the world. And God has chosen me, Paul, as his servant to tell this good news. 24At this time, I am suffering on your behalf, but I am still happy. Christ himself suffered on behalf of his people, the church. Now, while I live in my human body, I also suffer. I continue to receive the pain that Christ received, so that it may be complete. In that way, I help the church, which is like Christ's own body.

Colossians 1:22 word by word

νυνὶ δὲ ἀποκατήλλαξεν ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου παραστῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους καὶ ἀνεγκλήτους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the bodyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• of hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• to presentπαρίστημιparistēmi paristanō · to stand byG3936
• youσύsu · youG4771
• holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• unblameableἄμωμοςamōmos · blamelessG299
• unreproveableἀνέγκλητοςanegklētos · irreproachableG410
• inκατενώπιονkatenōpion · beforeG2714

Cross-references for Colossians 1:22

• Romans 7:4My friends, it is like that for you too. When Christ's body died on the cross, it is as if you also died with him. Because of that, you are no longer under the authority the law. Now you are free to belong to someone else. You belong to Christ, whom God raised up after his death. As a result, we can live in a good way that will please God.
• Ephesians 2:15When his body died on the cross, Christ took away the power of the Jewish laws and rules. In that way, he made the two groups join together as one new group of people. As a result, he caused them to have peace.
• Hebrews 10:10Jesus Christ was ready to do what God wanted. He offered his own body to God once, for all time. Because of Christ's sacrifice, God has made us clean so that we belong to him.
• Luke 1:75You can live in a way that is good and right. You can do this all your lives.” ’
• 2 Corinthians 11:2God wants to keep you for himself. And that is what I want too. I have brought you to Christ, like a pure bride who marries one husband. I want you to be pure and to belong only to him.
• Ephesians 1:4Before God made the world, he chose us to be his people because of Christ. He chose us so that we would please him. Because we belong to Christ, God accepts us as completely good. This shows how much he loves us.
• Ephesians 5:27Christ himself did this to bring us to himself as a beautiful group of his people. His church would belong to him completely. It would be pure, without anything bad to spoil it.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7God has chosen us to belong to him. He does not want us to do disgusting things. As his people, he wants us to be holy.
• 2 Peter 3:14So, my friends, live in a good way, because you are waiting for these things to happen. Try very much to do what makes God happy. Then, when you meet God, he will see that you are clean. He will see that there is no trouble in your minds.
• Jude 1:24God is able to keep you safe so that you continue to trust him. One day you will stand in front of him and you will be very happy. God will bring you to that place and you will be completely good. You will be able to stand near to God, who shines with beautiful light.
• Job 15:15God does not even trust his own angels. He knows that they make mistakes.
• Job 25:5When God looks at the moon and the stars, they do not seem to be pure and bright.
• Psalms 51:7Splash water over me with a hyssop plant, and I will be really clean. Wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
• Hebrews 13:21I pray that God will give you every good thing that you need to serve him. Then you can do everything that he wants. I pray that God will help us to serve him in a way that will make him happy. He will do that because we belong to Jesus Christ. Jesus is very great, and we should praise him always and for ever! Amen. This is true.

Commentaries on Colossians 1:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22In the body of his flesh - By Christ's assumption of a human body, and dying for man, he has made an atonement for sin, through which men become reconciled to God and to each other. To present you holy - Having saved you from your sins. Unblamable - Having filled you with his Spirit, and written his law in your hearts, so that his love, shed abroad in your hearts, becomes the principle and motive to every action. The tree therefore being good, the fruit…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22In the body of his flesh through death - The death of his body, or his death in making an atonement, has been the means of producing this reconciliation. It: (1) removed the obstacles to reconciliation on the part of God - vindicating his truth and justice, and maintaining the principles of his government as much as if the sinner had himself suffered the penalty of the law - thus rendering it consistent for God to indulge the benevolence of his nature in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The Colossians, like all believers, were considered holy and blameless by God. This was not due to their own perfection but because Christ's death reconciled them with God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. In the body of his flesh--the element in which His reconciling sufferings had place. Compare Col 1:24, "afflictions of Christ in my flesh" (1Pe 2:24). Angels who have not a "body of flesh" are not in any way our reconciling mediators, as your false teachers assert, but He, the Lord of angels, who has taken our flesh, that in it He might atone for our fallen manhood. through death--rather as Greek, "through His death" (which could only take place in a…Read the comment

Topics related to Colossians 1:22

• Atonement
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• Jesus, the Christ
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• Propitiation
• Reconciliation
• Redemption
• Salvation

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Commentaries on Colossians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings