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:
• 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—
• New Living Translation (NLT)Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

Context of Colossians 1:22

20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. 21Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 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— 23if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 24Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is 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 7:4So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
• Ephesians 2:15by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,
• Hebrews 10:10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
• 2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
• Ephesians 1:4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
• Ephesians 5:27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
• 2 Peter 3:14So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.
• Jude 1:24To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
• Job 15:15If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
• Job 25:5If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
• Psalms 51:7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• Hebrews 13:21equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. 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