Colossians 1:21

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your ¹  minds ²  as expressed through ³  your evil deeds,

Ro 1:30; Ro 5:9,10; Ro 8:7,8; 1Co 6:9-11; Eph 2:1,2,12,19; Eph 4:18; Tit 1:15,16; Tit 3:3-7; Jas 4:4

¹ tn The article τῇ (th) has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

² tn Although διανοία (dianoia) is singular in Greek, the previous plural noun ἐχθρούς (ecqrous) indicates that all those from Colossae are in view here.

³ tn The dative ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς (en toi" ergoi" toi" ponhroi") is taken as means, indicating the avenue through which hostility in the mind is revealed and made known.