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,
• English Standard Version (ESV)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,
• 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 you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 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, 14having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

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 came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
• Luke 9:60Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach 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 be merry.
• Romans 6:13And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;
• Ephesians 2:1And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
• Ephesians 5:14Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”
• 1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
• Hebrews 6:1Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
• Hebrews 9:14how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• James 2:17Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
• Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—
• Psalms 71:20You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, Shall revive me again, And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
• Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.
• John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
• John 6:63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are 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