“ You who were once alienated and enemies because your minds were on the works that were wicked, ” wrote the apostle Paul, “[God] now has again reconciled by means of [Jesus ’] fleshly body through his death, in order to present you holy and unblemished. ” ​ — Col. 1: 21, 22.
” אבל כעת [אלוהים] עשה רצוי בגוף בשרו [של ישוע] על ־ ידי מותו, כדי להציגכם לפניו קדושים, בלי מום ” (‏ קול ’ א ’: 21, 22‏) .‏