Colossians 1:20-22 ▼

20 And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.

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

22 He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;