Colossians 1:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing 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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And you, whereas you were some time alienated and enemies in mind in evil works:

Colossians 1:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

Ezekiel 14:5

in order that I may take hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, all of whom are estranged from me through their idols.

Romans 1:30

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:15

abolishing the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace,

Ephesians 2:19

So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God,

Ephesians 4:18

they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

James 4:4

Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.