Colossians 1:21
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And you, whereas you were some time alienated and enemies in mind in evil works:

sometime.

Romans 1:30 Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Romans 5:9,10 Christ died for us. Much more therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. . . .

Romans 8:7,8 Because the wisdom of the flesh is an enemy to God. For it is not subject to the law of God: neither can it be. . . .

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers: . . .

Ephesians 2:1,2,12,19 And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, . . .

Ephesians 4:18 Having their understanding darkened: being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

Titus 3:3-7 For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. . . .

James 4:4 Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world becometh an enemy of God.

in your mind by.

Titus 1:15,16 All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. . . .

Context
The Supremacy of Christ
20And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth and the things that are in heaven. 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:…
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:24
And I shall be perfect with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Ephesians 2:3
In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

Ephesians 2:12
That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world.

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

Lexicon
Once
ποτε (pote)
Particle
Strong's Greek 4218: At one time or other, at some time, formerly. From the base of pou and te; indefinite adverb, at some time, ever.

you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

were
ὄντας (ontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

alienated [ from God ]
ἀπηλλοτριωμένους (apēllotriōmenous)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 526: From apo and a derivative of allotrios; to estrange away, i.e. to be non-participant.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

were hostile
ἐχθροὺς (echthrous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2190: Hated, hostile; subst: an enemy. From a primary echtho; hateful; usually as a noun, an adversary.

in
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

your minds
διανοίᾳ (dianoia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1271: From dia and nous; deep thought, properly, the faculty, by implication, its exercise.

because of
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[your]
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

evil
πονηροῖς (ponērois)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.

deeds.
ἔργοις (ergois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.


Additional Translations
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds because of your evil deeds.

And you, being once alienated and hostile in mind, in the evil deeds,

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled

And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled

And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath he reconciled

And you, that were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,

And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,

You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

And you -- once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,
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