“ 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.
Apustulis Pāvils rakstīja: ” Jūs reiz bijāt Dievam atsvešināti un naidīgi noskaņoti, ļaunajos darbos iegrimuši; bet tagad Dievs ir devis izlīgumu Kristū caur viņa nāvi cilvēciskajā miesā, lai jūs vestu savā priekšā svētumam izredzētus, neaptraipītus un nevainojamus. ”