New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 2:8-15

8 1SeeG991 to it that noG3361 oneG5100 takesG4812 you captiveG4812 throughG1223 2philosophyG5385 and emptyG2756 deceptionG539, accordingG2596 to the traditionG3862 of menG444, accordingG2596 to the 3elementaryG4747 principlesG4747 of the worldG2889, 4ratherG3756 thanG2532 G3756 accordingG2596 to ChristG5547. 9For in Him allG3956 the 5fullnessG4138 of DeityG2320 dwellsG2730 in bodilyG4985 formG4985, 10and in Him you have beenG1510 6madeG4137 7completeG4137, and 8He is the headG2776 9over allG3956 10ruleG746 and authorityG1849; 11and in Him 11you were alsoG2532 circumcisedG4059 with a circumcisionG4061 madeG886 withoutG886 handsG886, in the removalG555 of 12the bodyG4983 of the fleshG4561 by the circumcisionG4061 of ChristG5547; 12having been 13buriedG4916 with Him in baptismG908, in whichG3739 you were alsoG2532 14raisedG4891 up with Him throughG1223 faithG4102 in the workingG1753 of GodG2316, who 15raisedG1453 Him from the deadG3498. 13When you were 16deadG3498 17in your transgressionsG3900 and the uncircumcisionG203 of your fleshG4561, He 18madeG4806 you aliveG4806 togetherG4806 with Him, having forgivenG5483 us allG3956 our transgressionsG3900, 14having canceledG1813 out 19the certificateG5498 of debtG5498 consisting of decreesG1378 againstG2596 us, whichG3739 was hostileG5227 to us; and 20He has takenG142 it out of the wayG3319, having nailedG4338 it to the crossG4716. 15When He had 21 22disarmedG554 the 23rulersG746 and authoritiesG1849, He 24madeG1165 a publicG3954 displayG1165 of them, having 25triumphedG2358 overG2358 them throughG1722 26Him.

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Notes

1. Colossians 2:8 1 Cor 8:9; 10:12; Gal 5:15; Heb 3:12 ↩
2. Colossians 2:8 Eph 5:6; Col 2:23; 1 Tim 6:20 ↩
3. Colossians 2:8 Gal 4:3; Col 2:20 ↩
4. Colossians 2:8 Lit and not ↩
5. Colossians 2:9 2 Cor 5:19; Col 1:19 ↩
6. Colossians 2:10 Eph 3:19 ↩
7. Colossians 2:10 Lit full ↩
8. Colossians 2:10 Eph 1:21f ↩
9. Colossians 2:10 Lit of ↩
10. Colossians 2:10 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:15 ↩
11. Colossians 2:11 Rom 2:29; Eph 2:11 ↩
12. Colossians 2:11 Rom 6:6; 7:24; Gal 5:24; Col 3:5 ↩
13. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:4f ↩
14. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:5; Eph 2:6; Col 2:13; 3:1 ↩
15. Colossians 2:12 Acts 2:24 ↩
16. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:1 ↩
17. Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of ↩
18. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:5; Col 2:12 ↩
19. Colossians 2:14 Eph 2:15; Col 2:20 ↩
20. Colossians 2:14 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
21. Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of ↩
22. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
23. Colossians 2:15 John 12:31; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:10 ↩
24. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
25. Colossians 2:15 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
26. Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e. the cross ↩

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