Colossians 1:6,21
Colossians 1:6 New International Version (NIV)
that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.
Colossians 1:21 New International Version (NIV)
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
Colossians 1:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth
Colossians 1:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
Colossians 1:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.
Colossians 1:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.
Colossians 1:6 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth
Colossians 1:21 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds
Colossians 1:5-8 The Message (MSG)
The Message is as true among you today as when you first heard it. It doesn’t diminish or weaken over time. It’s the same all over the world. The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger, just as it has in you. From the very first day you heard and recognized the truth of what God is doing, you’ve been hungry for more. It’s as vigorous in you now as when you learned it from our friend and close associate Epaphras. He is one reliable worker for Christ! I could always depend on him. He’s the one who told us how thoroughly love had been worked into your lives by the Spirit.
Colossians 1:21-23 The Message (MSG)
You yourselves are a case study of what he does. At one time you all had your backs turned to God, thinking rebellious thoughts of him, giving him trouble every chance you got. But now, by giving himself completely at the Cross, actually dying for you, Christ brought you over to God’s side and put your lives together, whole and holy in his presence. You don’t walk away from a gift like that! You stay grounded and steady in that bond of trust, constantly tuned in to the Message, careful not to be distracted or diverted. There is no other Message—just this one. Every creature under heaven gets this same Message. I, Paul, am a messenger of this Message. * * *
Colossians 1:6 King James Version (KJV)
which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth
Colossians 1:21 King James Version (KJV)
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Colossians 1:6 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth
Colossians 1:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds
Colossians 1:6 New Century Version (NCV)
that was told to you. Everywhere in the world that Good News is bringing blessings and is growing. This has happened with you, too, since you heard the Good News and understood the truth about the grace of God.
Colossians 1:21 New Century Version (NCV)
At one time you were separated from God. You were his enemies in your minds, and the evil things you did were against God.
Colossians 1:6 American Standard Version (ASV)
which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth
Colossians 1:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works
Colossians 1:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)
which has come to you. Indeed, just as in the whole world the gospel is constantly bearing fruit and spreading [by God’s power], just as it has been doing among you ever since the day you first heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth [becoming thoroughly and deeply acquainted with it].
Colossians 1:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And although you were at one time estranged and alienated and hostile-minded [toward Him], participating in evil things
Colossians 1:6 The Passion Translation (TPT)
This is the wonderful message that is being spread everywhere, powerfully changing hearts throughout the earth, just like it has changed you! Every believer of this good news bears the fruit of eternal life as they experience the reality of God’s grace.
Colossians 1:21-22 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Even though you were once distant from him, living in the shadows of your evil thoughts and actions, he reconnected you back to himself. He released his supernatural peace to you through the sacrifice of his own body as the sin-payment on your behalf so that you would dwell in his presence. And now there is nothing between you and Father God, for he sees you as holy, flawless, and restored