Colossians 2:13

Colossians 2:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
• New International Version (NIV)When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
• New Living Translation (NLT)You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.

Context of Colossians 2:13

11In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

Colossians 2:13 word by word

Καὶ ὑμᾶς νεκροὺς ὄντας ἐν τοῖς παραπτώμασιν καὶ τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ τῆς σαρκὸς ὑμῶν, συνεζωοποίησεν ὑμᾶς σὺν αὐτῷ χαρισάμενος ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ παραπτώματα·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• youσύsu · youG4771
• beingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• yourὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sinsπαράπτωμαparaptōma · trespassG3900
• the uncircumcisionἀκροβυστίαakrobustia · uncircumcisionG203
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• hath he quickened togetherσυζωοποιέωsuzōopoieō · to make alive withG4806
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• having forgivenχαρίζωcharizomai · to give graceG5483
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Colossians 2:13

• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.
• Luke 9:60And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
• Luke 15:24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.
• Romans 6:13Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
• Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
• Ephesians 5:14for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
• 1 Timothy 5:6but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
• Hebrews 6:1Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
• Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
• James 2:17So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
• Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—
• Psalms 71:20You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
• Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.
• John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
• John 6:63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Commentaries on Colossians 2:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13And you, being dead in your sins - See the notes on Ephesians 2:1, etc. The uncircumcision of your flesh - This must refer to that part of the Colossian Church which was made up of converted heathens, for the heathens alone were uncircumcised.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13And you, being dead in your sins - Notes, Ephesians 2:1. And the uncircumcision of your flesh - That is, Gentiles, and giving unrestrained indulgence to the desires of the flesh. They lived as those who had not by any religious rite or covenant brought themselves under obligations to lead holy lives. Hath he quickened - Notes, Ephesians 2:1. Together with him - In virtue of his being restored to life. That is, the resurrection of the Lord Jesus was the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a philosophy which is vain and deceitful; and while it pleases men's fancies, hinders their faith: such are curious speculations about things above us, or no concern to us. Those who walk in the way of the world, are turned from following Christ. We have in Him…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-15Paul urges the Colossians to stay strong in their faith in Christ, despite the tempting arguments of the false teachers. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. Christ alone makes them complete.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. you, being dead--formerly (Ep 2:1, 2); even as Christ was among the dead, before that God raised Him "from the dead" (Col 2:12). sins--rather as Greek is translated at end of this verse, "trespasses," literally, "failings aside" from God's ways; actual transgressions, as that of Adam. uncircumcision of your flesh--your not having put off the old fleshly nature, the carnal foreskin, or original sin, which now by spiritual circumcision, that is…Read the comment

Topics related to Colossians 2:13

• Death
• Depravity of Man
• Justification
• Regeneration
• Sin

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Commentaries on Colossians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings