Colossians 1:20
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
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Study Note
The declaration that God was pleased to reconcile 'all things' to himself through Christ — 'whether things on earth or things in heaven' — by 'the blood of his cross' constitutes one of the broadest soteriological statements in the Pauline corpus. The cosmic scope of reconciliation ('ta panta') parallels Romans 8:19-22's groaning creation and anticipates Ephesians 1:10's 'summing up of all things in Christ.' The phrase 'making peace through the blood of his cross' combines sacrificial imagery with the Pax Romana political ideal, subverting Caesar's peace achieved through violence with a peace achieved through the victim's death. Theologians from Irenaeus's 'recapitulation' to contemporary ecological theology have drawn on this verse's cosmic christological vision.
Andere Übersetzungen
and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.
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.
Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.
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