<p>1:22 <i>Y</i><i>et now has he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish</i>- Yet by our preaching we &ldquo;may present every man perfect in Christ&rdquo; (Col. 1:22,28). The connection is clear: because we are being presented perfect in Christ through belief and baptism, we preach the opportunity of this experience to others. Likewise the Law often stressed that on account of Israel&rsquo;s experience of being redeemed from Egypt, they were to witness a similar grace to their neighbours and to their brethren. See on Jude 24.</p><p><i>And unreproveable before Him</i>- AV &ldquo;in His sight&rdquo;. In His view, the way He looks upon us, we will be without sin, faultless before the presence of His glory at the last day (Jude 24); we will be &ldquo;made meet&rdquo; or appropriate to receive the inheritance of the saints (:12). We will be &ldquo;made&rdquo; like this. It will be the result of imputed righteousness. Thus the Lord will praise the faithful for all the good deeds they did, which they will be ignorant of (Mt. 25:37). But there is also a mechanism through which the Lord works to achieve this; for we will be &ldquo;<i>made</i>&rdquo; like this (:12). Thus :28 speaks in very similar terms of how at that last day, Paul hoped to &ldquo;present every man perfect in Christ&rdquo;. How Christ counts us in status- as complete because we are &ldquo;in Him&rdquo;- He also tries to work out in reality by actually changing our minds and hearts through His work. And one of the ways he chooses to do that is through people like Paul. Our efforts for others&rsquo; spiritual development will have His every blessing and enablement. Hence Paul moves forward to describe in :24,25 how he suffers with Christ in order to build up the body of believers into the body and person of Christ in actuality.</p>