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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Colossians 2:9-15
New American Standard Bible
9 For in Him all the (A)fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10 and in Him you have been (B)made [a]complete, and (C)He is the head [b]over every (D)ruler and authority; 11 and in Him (E)you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of (F)the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been (G)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also (H)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who (I)raised Him from the dead. 13 And [c]when you were (J)dead [d]in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He (K)made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, 14 having canceled (L)the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and (M)He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had [e](N)disarmed the (O)rulers and authorities, He (P)made a public display of them, having (Q)triumphed over them through [f]Him.
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- Colossians 2:10 Lit full
- Colossians 2:10 Lit of
- Colossians 2:13 Or although
- Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of
- Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of
- Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e., the cross
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