September 7, 2013, Reading

Colossians 1:21-23

²¹ You were once estranged and of hostile intent through your evil behaviour;

²² now he has reconciled you, by his death and in that mortal body, to bring you before himself holy, faultless and irreproachable-

²³ as long as you persevere and stand firm on the solid base of the faith, never letting yourselves drift away from the hope promised by the gospel, which you have heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become the servant.