Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 1:21

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21. The Colossians are included in this general reconciliation (compare Ephesians 2:1 ; Ephesians 2:12 ). sometime —"once." alienated —from God and salvation: objectively banished from God, through the barrier which God's justice interposed against your sin: subjectively estranged through the alienation of your own wills from God. The former is the prominent thought (compare Ephesians 2:12- : ), as the second follows, "enemies in your mind." "Actual alienation makes habitual 'enemies'" [BENGEL]. in your mind — Greek, "in your understanding" or "thought" ( Ephesians 2:3 ; Ephesians 4:18 ). by wicked works —rather as Greek, " in your wicked works" (wicked works were the element in which your enmity subsisted). yet now — Notwithstanding the former alienation, now that Christ has come, God hath completely reconciled, or restored to His friendship again (so the Greek, compare Note, see on Ephesians 4:18- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-22" class="com-number"

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