¹⁴ Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the devil^(A)— ¹⁵ and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.^(B)

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.^{(A) 15} He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.^[a](B)