Colossians 1:20 (YLT)

Passage

and through him to reconcile the all things to himself--having made peace through the blood of his cross--through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

Nearby Context

Colossians 1:18 And himself is the head of the body--the assembly--who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all <FI>things<Fi> --himself--first,

Colossians 1:19 because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

Colossians 1:20 and through him to reconcile the all things to himself--having made peace through the blood of his cross--through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

Colossians 1:21 And you--once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,

Colossians 1:22 in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "through", "reconcile", "himself--having", "peace", "blood", and "cross--through". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "through", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "because in him it did please all..." into verse 21's "And you--once being alienated and enemies in...", so "all things" and "through" belong inside that flow. In Colossians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "through" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.