Colossians 1:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—”
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“But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:”
King James Version · Public Domain“yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Colossians 1:22 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 15:15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
- Job 25:5If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
- Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
- Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Ephesians 2:15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
- Ephesians 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Hebrews 10:10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
- Hebrews 10:20by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Peter 3:14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
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