12 having been buried with him in baptism,(A) in which you were also raised with him(B) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(C)

13 When you were dead in your sins(D) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[a] alive(E) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(F) 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(G) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(H) 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(I) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(J) by the cross.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
  2. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him

14 Then death(A) and Hades(B) were thrown into the lake of fire.(C) The lake of fire is the second death.(D)

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