Colossians 1:21

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

Ver. 21. Enemies in your mind] Haters of God, Romans 1:30, and so, God slayers, 1 John 3:15. Omne peccatum est Deicidium. All sin is a killer of God.

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