Colossians 2
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Colossians 2:11-15

11and in Him 1you were alsoG2532 circumcisedG4059 with a circumcisionG4061 performedG886 withoutG886 handsG886, in the removalG555 of 2the bodyG4983 of the fleshG4561 by the circumcisionG4061 of ChristG5547, 12having been 3buriedG4916 with Him in baptismG909, in whichG3739 you were alsoG2532 4raisedG4891 with Him throughG1223 faithG4102 in the workingG1753 of GodG2316, who 5raisedG1453 Him from the deadG3498. 13And 6when you were 7deadG3498 8in your wrongdoingsG3900 and the uncircumcisionG203 of your fleshG4561, He 9madeG4806 you aliveG4806 togetherG4806 with Him, having forgivenG5483 us allG3956 our wrongdoingsG3900, 14having canceledG1813 10the certificateG5498 ofG5498 debtG5498 consisting of decreesG1378 againstG2596 us, whichG3739 was hostileG5227 to us; and 11He has takenG142 it out of the wayG3319, having nailedG4338 it to the crossG4716. 15When He had 1213disarmedG554 the 14rulersG746 and authoritiesG1849, He 15madeG1165 a publicG3954 displayG1165 of them, having 16triumphedG2358 overG2358 them throughG1722 17Him.

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 2:11 Rom 2:29; Eph 2:11 ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 2:11 Rom 6:6; 7:24; Gal 5:24; Col 3:5 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:4f ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:5; Eph 2:6; Col 2:13; 3:1 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 2:12 Acts 2:24 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 2:13 Or although ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:1 ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:5; Col 2:12 ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 2:14 Eph 2:15; Col 2:20 ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 2:14 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
  14. 14. Colossians 2:15 John 12:31; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:10 ↩
  15. 15. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
  16. 16. Colossians 2:15 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
  17. 17. Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e., the cross ↩

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