Colossians 1:21 meaning and explanation
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
Colossians 1:21, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to the believers at Colossae, and here he turns from the hymn about Christ's supremacy to their own past. Once you were alienated describes a real separation from God, and hostile in your minds names the inward root of it, a mindset set against God that showed itself in evil deeds.
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