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Colossians 1:22 — King James Version← Study notes

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:


Colossians 1:22Greek Interlinear

Greek · Colossians 1:2221 words
GreekMeaning
νυνὶnyni
nowadverbG3570
δὲde
and / butwordG1161
ἀποκατηλλάγητεapokatēllagēte
reconcileverbG604
ἐνen
22 inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
σώματιsōmati
bodynounG4983
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
σαρκὸςsarkos
fleshnounG4561
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
διὰdia
throughprepositionG1223
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θανάτουthanatou
deathnounG2288
παραστῆσαιparastēsai
to presentverbG3936
ὑμᾶςhymas
youpronounG4771
ἁγίουςhagious
holyadjectiveG40
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀμώμουςamōmous
unblemishedadjectiveG299
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀνεγκλήτουςanenklētous
blamelessadjectiveG410
κατενώπιονkatenōpion
beforeprepositionG2714
αὐτοῦautou
HimpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Colossians 1:22

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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