King James Version
Colossians 1:21 in the King James Version says “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in: or, by yo...” — study this verse from Colossians chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in: or, by your mind in”
Colossians 1:21 · KJV
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. having: or, making
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in: or, by your mind in
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“alienated”
G526to estrange away, i.e., (passively and figuratively) to be non-participant
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“enemies”
G2190hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially satan)
“in your mind”
G1271deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise
“wicked”
G4190hurtful, i.e., evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from g2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from g455
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