And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

The Colossians are included in this general reconciliation (Colossians 2:13).

Sometime - `once.'

That were ... alienated - a double participle [ ontas (G5607) apeellotrioomenous (G526)]: 'being in a state of continued alienation;' objectively banished from God, through the barrier which God's justice interposed against your sin; subjectively estranged through the alienation of your own wills from God. The former is prominent (cf. Romans 5:10), the second follows, "enemies in your mind." 'Actual alienation makes habitual "enemies"' (Romans 5:10) (Bengel).

In your mind, [ tee (G3588) dianoia (G1271)] - 'in your understanding' (Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:12; Ephesians 4:18).

By wicked works, [ en (G1722) tois (G3588) ergois (G2041) tois (G3588) poneerois (G4190)] - 'in your works that were wicked:' the clement in which your enmity subsisted.

Yet now. Notwithstanding the former alienation, now that Christ has come, God (the subject, as in Colossians 1:13) hath completely reconciled again (note, Colossians 1:20).

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