Colossians 1:21
Once you were estranged from God, hostile to him in your thinking, as your evil deeds showed.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- All Things for Good ·
Effectual calling cites Col. i. 21
…you not!” If you are not effectually called, you are enemies. “Alienated and enemies” (Col. i. 21). There is nothing in the Bible you can lay claim to, but the threatenings. You are heirs…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 16 — How Christ Performed the Office of Redeemer in Procuring Our Salvation cites Col. 1:21
…were separated from God, until by means of Christ’s body they were received into union (Col. 1:21, 22). Such modes of expression are accommodated to our capacity, that we may the better…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Col. 1:21
…enemies of God until we are justified and admitted to his friendship (Rom. 5:6; Col. 1:21). If justification is the beginning of love, how can the righteousness of works precede…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ the Redeemer cites Col 1:21
…to God. The enmity is taken away. Their judgements approve, their wills incline ad bonum. Col 1:21. Are they redeemed that are unreconciled to God, who hate God and his people (as the vine…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Effectual Calling cites Col 1:21
…Before effectual calling, we are not only ‘without strength,’ Rom 5:6, but ‘enemies,’ Col 1:21. So that the foundation of vocation is election. What are the qualifications of this…
- The Life of Trust ·
Ministry at Bristol Begun cites Col. i. 21-23
…this seems very unlikely. Towards the evening, the Lord, after repeated prayer, gave me Col. i. 21-23 as a text for the last word of exhortation. It seemed to me best to speak as little as…