13 And although you were dead[a][b] in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way by[c] nailing it to the cross. 15 When he[d] had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of them in public, triumphing over them by it.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:13 Literally “and you being dead”
  2. Colossians 2:13 Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive
  3. Colossians 2:14 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“nailing”) which is understood as means
  4. Colossians 2:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had disarmed”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Colossians 2:15 Or “in him”

13 When you were dead in your sins(A) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[a] alive(B) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(C) 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(D) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(E) 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(F) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(G) by the cross.[b]

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  1. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
  2. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him