Colossians 1:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ And though you were once estranged [from God] and were enemies [of His] in your mind because of your evil deeds,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And although you at one time were estranged and alienated from Him and were of hostile attitude of mind in your wicked activities,

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

Common English Bible

²¹ Once you were alienated from God and you were enemies with him in your minds, which was shown by your evil actions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And you, though you had been, in times past, understood to be foreigners and enemies, with works of evil,

Colossians 1:21 Cross References

Romans 1:30

slanderers, hateful toward God, arrogant, proud and boastful. They think up evil things to do; they disobey their parents;

Ephesians 2:12

[Remember] that you were at that time without Christ; [you were] excluded from citizenship in the nation of Israel; [you were] foreigners regarding the Agreements of [God’s] promises. You had no hope and were without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:15

by abolishing in His fleshly body the [entire Jewish] law of commandments contained in decrees. [This was] so that He could create in [unity with] Himself one new person [i.e., the church] out of the two peoples [i.e., Jews and Gentiles], thereby bringing about peace [between them].

Ephesians 2:19

So then, you [Gentiles] are no longer foreigners and aliens [i.e., to God’s promises. See verse 12], but you are fellow-citizens with the saints [i.e., God’s holy people], and are part of God’s family.

Ephesians 4:18

Their understanding [of spiritual things] is darkened and excluded from the [spiritual] life that God gives, because of the ignorance in their minds and the stubbornness in their hearts.

James 4:4

You people who have become unfaithful to God, do you not know that being [intimate] friends with the world [of sin] means hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever determines to be an [intimate] friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.