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Colossians 1:21
And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one
Colossians 1:21 · Bible in Basic English
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Colossians 1:21 in other translations
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
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In context
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;
20 Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.
21 And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one
22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:
23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
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