Colossians 1:22

WEB

²²yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

KJV

²²In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

BSB

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

FBV

²²but now he has reconciled you through his dying human body, bringing you into his presence where you stand holy, pure, and faultless.

Related Resources

Summary of Colossians: Colossians 1–4 - Desiring God
Conditional Reconciliation and Eternal Security: Colossians 1:21–23, Part 3 - Desiring God
Reconciliation Accomplished and Applied: Colossians 1:21–23, Part 2 - Desiring God
Our Minds Were Hostile to God: Colossians 1:21–23, Part 1 - Desiring God
Spiritual Antibodies Against Delusion: Colossians 2:4–5 - Desiring God
Who Is Paul’s Joy — Christ or the Church? 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 2 - Desiring God

Extra References

Ephesians 5:27

²⁷that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.

Ephesians 1:4

⁴even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Jude 1:24

²⁴Now to him who is able to keep them^[+] from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

Hebrews 10:10

¹⁰by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Titus 2:14

¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Romans 7:4

⁴Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

Hebrews 10:20

²⁰by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,

2 Corinthians 11:2

²For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Hebrews 13:21

²¹make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁵having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace, ¹⁶and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.