Col 1:20-22 | TNotes | STEP | 1:20 Through Christ, God has reconciled everything to himself , reestablishing his rule over all creation, including both the spiritual and the earthly realms.

b1:21-23►

c1:15-20►

eEph 2:12►

‏ Colossians 1:20-22

1:20 ^a Through Christ, God has reconciled everything to himself, reestablishing his rule over all creation, including both the spiritual and the earthly realms.
Summary for Col 1:21-23: 1:21-23 ^b Paul applies the truth of 1:15-20 ^c to the Colossian Christians. As people who have been reconciled to God, they enjoy a new spiritual status and need to stand firm in the truth they have been taught. 1:21 ^d The phrase once far away from God probably refers to their condition as Gentiles (see Eph 2:12 ^e).
1:22 ^f The Colossians, like all believers, were holy and blameless in God’s sight not because of their own perfection but because they had been reconciled with God through Christ’s death.