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13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[a] made you[b] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,(A)

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  1. 2.13 Gk he
  2. 2.13 Other ancient authorities read made us or made

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)

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  1. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places[b] in Christ Jesus,

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  1. 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ
  2. 2.6 Gk heavenlies

made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(A)—it is by grace you have been saved.(B) And God raised us up with Christ(C) and seated us with him(D) in the heavenly realms(E) in Christ Jesus,

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From Death to Life

You were dead through the trespasses and sins

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Made Alive in Christ

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,(A)

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19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,[a] not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.(A)

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  1. 5.19 Or God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself

19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.(A) And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

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11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[a] from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through[b] his Spirit that dwells in you.(A)

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  1. 8.11 Other ancient authorities read Christ or the Christ or Jesus Christ
  2. 8.11 Other ancient authorities read on account of

11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(A) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(B) because of[a] his Spirit who lives in you.

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  1. Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through

14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)

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  1. 9.14 Other ancient authorities read Holy Spirit
  2. 9.14 Other ancient authorities read your

14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(A) offered himself(B) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(C) from acts that lead to death,[a](D) so that we may serve the living God!(E)

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  1. Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals

but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.(A) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(B)

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But if we walk in the light,(A) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.(B)

If we claim to be without sin,(C) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(D) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(E) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(F)

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  1. 1 John 1:7 Or every

who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(A)

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He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(A)—not of the letter(B) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(C)

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One in Christ

11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth,[a] called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands(A)

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  1. 2.11 Gk in the flesh

Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ

11 Therefore, remember that formerly(A) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)(B)

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14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.(A) 15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for the one who for their sake died and was raised.

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14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(B) but for him who died for them(C) and was raised again.

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45 Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.(A)

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45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[a];(A) the last Adam,(B) a life-giving spirit.(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7

13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments[a] of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments[b] of righteousness.(A)

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  1. 6.13 Or weapons
  2. 6.13 Or weapons

13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(A) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(B)

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20 You 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.(A)

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20 Though you have made me see troubles,(A)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore(B) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(C)
    you will again bring me up.

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