Colossians 1:20-23
Read Colossians 1 in full →20And through Him to areconcile all things to Himself, having made bpeace through cthe blood of His cross—through Him—dwhether things on earth or things in 1heaven.
21And although you were aformerly alienated and enemies in mind and in evil deeds, 22but now He areconciled you in the bbody of His flesh through death, in order to cpresent you before Him dholy and blameless and beyond reproach— 23if indeed you continue in 1the faith firmly agrounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the bhope of the gospel, which you have heard, which was proclaimed cin all creation under heaven, dand of which I, Paul, 2was made a 3,eminister.