Focused Passage

Colossians 1:21-23

The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel of Reconciliation

Paul moves from thanksgiving for gospel fruit, to prayer for worthy walking, to praise for the Son's supremacy, to the reconciling work of Christ, and finally to Paul's ministry of proclaiming Christ for mature discipleship.

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21Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

22But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

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Verse 21

Original words

-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionOnceποτεG4218ParticleyouὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person PluralwereὄνταςG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Pluralalienated [ from God ]ἀπηλλοτριωμένουςG526Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionwere hostileἐχθροὺςG2190Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralinτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularyour mindsδιανοίᾳG1271Noun - Dative Feminine Singularengaging inἐνG1722Preposition-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter Plural-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralevilπονηροῖςG4190Adjective - Dative Neuter PluraldeedsἔργοιςG2041Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Verse 22

Original words

ButδὲG1161ConjunctionnowνυνὶG3570AdverbHe has reconciled [you]ἀποκατήλλαξενG604Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularbyἐνG1722Preposition[Christ’s]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularvvvτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularphysicalσαρκὸςG4561Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularbodyσώματιG4983Noun - Dative Neuter SingularthroughδιὰG1223Preposition-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingulardeathθανάτουG2288Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularto presentπαραστῆσαιG3936Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveyouὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person PluralholyἁγίουςG40Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural-καὶG2532ConjunctionunblemishedἀμώμουςG299Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionblamelessἀνεγκλήτουςG410Adjective - Accusative Masculine Pluralin His presenceκατενώπιονG2714Preposition. . .αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 23

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ifεἴG1487ConjunctionindeedγεG1065Particleyou continueἐπιμένετεG1961Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularin [your] faithπίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine SingularestablishedτεθεμελιωμένοιG2311Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionfirmἑδραῖοιG1476Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural-καὶG2532ConjunctionnotμὴG3361AdverbmovedμετακινούμενοιG3334Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralfromἀπὸG575PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularhopeἐλπίδοςG1680Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingulargospelεὐαγγελίουG2098Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular-οὗG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Singularyou heardἠκούσατεG191Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralwhichτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Singularhas been proclaimedκηρυχθέντοςG2784Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Neuter SingulartoἐνG1722PrepositioneveryπάσῃG3956Adjective - Dative Feminine SingularcreatureκτίσειG2937Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularunderὑπὸG5259Preposition-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularheavenοὐρανόνG3772Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[and] of whichοὗG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter SingularIἐγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person SingularPaulΠαῦλοςG3972Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularhave becomeἐγενόμηνG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singulara servantδιάκονοςG1249Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Or in all creation

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