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

20God was also pleased to bring everything on earth and in heaven back to himself through Christ. He did this by making peace through Christ’s blood sacrificed on the cross. 21Once you were separated from God. The evil things you did showed your hostile attitude. 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. 23This is on the condition that you continue in faith without being moved from the solid foundation of the hope that the Good News contains. You’ve heard this Good News of which I, Paul, became a servant. It has been spread throughout all creation under heaven. 24I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ’s sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church.

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 7:4In the same way, brothers and sisters, you have died to the laws in Moses’ Teachings through Christ’s body. You belong to someone else, the one who was brought back to life. As a result, we can do what God wants.
• Ephesians 2:15He brought an end to the commandments and demands found in Moses’ Teachings so that he could take Jewish and non-Jewish people and create one new humanity in himself. So he made peace.
• Hebrews 10:10We have been set apart as holy because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do by sacrificing his body once and for all.
• Luke 1:75by being holy and honorable as long as we live.
• 2 Corinthians 11:2I’m as protective of you as God is. After all, you’re a virgin whom I promised in marriage to one man—Christ.
• Ephesians 1:4Before the creation of the world, he chose us through Christ to be holy and perfect in his presence.
• Ephesians 5:27Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle—holy and without faults.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7God didn’t call us to be sexually immoral but to be holy.
• 2 Peter 3:14Therefore, dear friends, with this to look forward to, make every effort to have him find you at peace, without ⌞spiritual⌟ stains or blemishes.
• Jude 1:24God can guard you so that you don’t fall and so that you can be full of joy as you stand in his glorious presence without fault.
• Job 15:15If God doesn’t trust his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight,
• Job 25:5Even the moon isn’t bright, and the stars aren’t pure in his sight.
• Psalms 51:7Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• Hebrews 13:21May this God of peace prepare you to do every good thing he wants. May he work in us through Jesus Christ to do what is pleasing to him. Glory belongs to Jesus Christ forever. Amen.

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
• Blessing
• Contingencies
• God
• Holiness
• Jesus, the Christ
• Perfection
• Perseverance
• 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