Colossians 1:22 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

Colossians 1:23 if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that <FI>is<Fi> under the heaven, of which I became--I Paul--a ministrant.

Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "body", "flesh", "through", "death", "present", "holy", "unblemished", and "unblameable". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "body" and "flesh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And you--once being alienated and enemies in..." into verse 23's "if also ye remain in the faith...", so "body" and "flesh" 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 "body" and "flesh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.