Colossians 1:21
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled”
πονηρός
Evil, wicked, bad. Poneros. Deliver us from the evil one. The evil one has a name but no ultimate power. He operates only within the limits God permits. His defeat is certain.
ἐχθρός
hostile
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ἐχθρός
Enemy, adversary, hostile. Echthros. Love your enemies. The command to love enemies is the most radical ethical demand in history. Only the grace of God makes it possible.
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ἔργον
deeds
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ἔργον
Work, deed, act. Ergon. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. Good works are not the root of salvation. They are the fruit of it.
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διάνοια
in mind
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διάνοια
deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise
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ποτέ
once
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ποτέ
indefinite adverb, at some time, ever
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εἰμί
being
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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