Colossians 1:21

²¹אַתֶּם לְפָנִים הֱיִיתֶם נָכְרִים וְאוֹיְבִים בְּמַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם וּבְמַעֲשֵׂיכֶם הָרָעִים.u

Colossians 1 opens Paul’s letter to a young church he did not plant, facing pressure from false teaching. After a warm thanksgiving and prayer for their growth, Paul launches into one of the most exalted Christological passages in the New Testament: Christ as the image of God, the a