Colossians 1:21

New Century Version

At one time you were separated from God. You were his enemies in your minds, and the evil things you did were against God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

I am innocent before him; I have kept myself from doing evil.

Ezekiel 14:5

Then I will win back my people Israel, who have left me because of all their idols.’

Romans 1:30

and say evil things about each other. They hate God. They are rude and conceited and brag about themselves. They invent ways of doing evil. They do not obey their parents.

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel, and you had no part in the agreements with the promise that God made to his people. You had no hope, and you did not know God.

Ephesians 2:15

The Jewish law had many commands and rules, but Christ ended that law. His purpose was to make the two groups of people become one new people in him and in this way make peace.

Ephesians 2:19

Now you who are not Jewish are not foreigners or strangers any longer, but are citizens together with God’s holy people. You belong to God’s family.

Ephesians 4:18

They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

James 4:4

So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.