Colossians 1:22
Good News Translation
But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence.

New Revised Standard Version
he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him—

Contemporary English Version
But his Son became a human and died. So God made peace with you, and now he lets you stand in his presence as people who are holy and faultless and innocent.

New American Bible
he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through his death, to present you holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before him,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet now he hath reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unspotted and blameless before him:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Yet now he hath reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unspotted and blameless before him:

the body.

Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ: that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead that we may bring forth fruit to God.

Ephesians 2:15,16 Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees: that he might make the two in himself into one new man, making peace . . .

Hebrews 10:10,20 In the which will, we are sanctified by the oblation of the body of Jesus Christ once. . . .

to.

Luke 1:75 In holiness and justice before him, all our days.

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 1:4 As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.

Ephesians 5:27 That he might present it to himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

2 Peter 3:14 Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.

Jude 1:24 Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

in his.

Job 15:15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.

Job 25:5 Behold even the moon doth not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.

Psalm 51:7 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

Hebrews 13:21 Fit you in all goodness, that you may do his will; doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Context
The Supremacy of Christ
21And you, whereas you were some time alienated and enemies in mind in evil works: 22Yet now he hath reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unspotted and blameless before him: 23If so ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and immoveable from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which is preached in all the creation that is under heaven: whereof I Paul am made a minister.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:24
And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ: that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead that we may bring forth fruit to God.

2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that he who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and place us with you.

2 Corinthians 5:18
But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.

Ephesians 1:4
As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.

Ephesians 2:16
And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.

Ephesians 5:27
That he might present it to himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Colossians 1:28
Whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,

Colossians 1:21
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