Colossians 1:22 BSB

Colossians 1:22

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

To Pammachius Against John of Jerusalem (420)

For flesh is defined one way, the body another; all flesh is body, but not every body is flesh. Flesh is properly what is comprised in blood, veins, bones, and sinews. Although the body is also called flesh, yet sometimes it is designated ethereal or aërial, because it is not subject to touch and sight; and yet it is frequently both visible and tangible. A wall is a body, but is not flesh; a stone is a body, but it is not said to be flesh. Wherefore the Apostle calls some bodies celestial, some terrestrial.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

In the body of his flesh through death,.... Or "through his death", as the Alexandrian copy and some others, and all the Oriental versions, read.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

By the body of his flesh - So distinguished from his body, the church. The body here denotes his entire manhood. Through death - Whereby he purchased the reconciliation which we receive by faith.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	[22] in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
σώματι	sōmati	body	G4983 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
σαρκὸς	sarkos	flesh	G4561 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θανάτου	thanatou	death	G2288 →
παραστῆσαι	parastēsai	to present	G3936 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἁγίους	hagious	holy	G40 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀμώμους	amōmous	unblemished	G299 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνεγκλήτους	anegklētous	blameless	G410 →
κατενώπιον	katenōpion	before	G2714 →
αὐτοῦ.¶	autou	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 1:4
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
leads to
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Romans 8:28–30
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 25:34
  Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Through
Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:18
  And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,