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Berean Standard Bible

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

Colossians 1:22

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Paul has just described how the Colossians, once alienated from God and hostile in mind because of evil deeds, have been brought near. The hymn to Christ in the preceding verses presents him as creator and reconciler of all things.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (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:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

En el cuerpo de su carne por medio de muerte, para haceros santos, y sin mancha, é irreprensibles delante de él:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero ahora él los ha reconciliado por medio de la muerte que Cristo sufrió en su cuerpo, para presentarlos santos, sin mancha ni culpa, ante la misma presencia de Dios.

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