Colossians 2:9-15
Christian Standard Bible
9 For the entire fullness(A) of God’s nature dwells bodily[a] in Christ, 10 and you have been filled by him, who is the head(B) over every ruler and authority. 11 You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh,(C) in the circumcision of Christ,(D) 12 when you were buried with him(E) in baptism, in which you were also raised with him(F) through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(G) 13 And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses. 14 He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.(H) 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.[b](I)
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Colossians 2:9-15
New Living Translation
9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[a] 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
11 When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.[b] 12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
13 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. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 In this way, he disarmed[c] the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.
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