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Colossians 1:21 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Colossians 1:21Greek Interlinear

Greek · Colossians 1:2114 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ὑμᾶςhymas
youpronounG4771
ποτεpote
onceadverbG4218
ὄνταςontas
beingverbG1510
ἀπηλλοτριωμένουςapēllotriōmenous
alienatedverbG526
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐχθροὺςechthrous
hostileadjectiveG2190
τῇ
thearticleG3588
διανοίᾳdianoia
in mindnounG1271
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τοῖςtois
thearticleG3588
ἔργοιςergois
deedsnounG2041
τοῖςtois
thearticleG3588
πονηροῖςponērois
eviladjectiveG4190
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Colossians 1:21

Here he goes to show that He reconciled those even who were unworthy of reconciliation. For by the saying that they were under the power of darkness, he shows the calamity in which they were. Colossians 1:13 But lest, on hearing of “the power of darkness,” you should consider it Necessity, he adds, “And you that were alienated,” so that though it appear to be the same thing that he says, yet it is not so; for it is not the same thing to deliver out of the evils him that…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 4 on Colossians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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