(A)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
(B)You have put all things under his feet,

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You made them rulers(A) over the works of your hands;(B)
    you put everything under their[a] feet:(C)

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  1. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, (A)reserved in heaven for you,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:4 imperishable

and into an inheritance(A) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(B) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(C)

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(A)by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be (B)partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the [a]corruption that is in the world through lust.

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  1. 2 Peter 1:4 depravity

Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,(A) so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,(B) having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.(C)

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For (A)in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead [a]bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the (B)head of all [b]principality and power.

Not Legalism but Christ

11 In Him you were also (C)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (D)putting off the body [c]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (E)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through (F)faith in the working of God, (G)who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 (H)having wiped out the [d]handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 (I)Having disarmed (J)principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

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  1. Colossians 2:9 in bodily form
  2. Colossians 2:10 rule and authority
  3. Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
  4. Colossians 2:14 certificate of debt with its

For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(B) over every power and authority.(C) 11 In him you were also circumcised(D) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[a](E) was put off when you were circumcised by[b] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(F) in which you were also raised with him(G) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(H)

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

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  1. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
  2. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
  3. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
  4. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him

22 (A)in whom you also are being built together for a (B)dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(A)

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20 I have been (A)crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh (B)I live by faith in the Son of God, (C)who loved me and gave Himself for me.

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20 I have been crucified with Christ(A) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(B) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(C) who loved me(D) and gave himself for me.(E)

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25 For He must reign (A)till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 (B)The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For (C)“He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 (D)Now when all things are made subject to Him, then (E)the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

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25 For he must reign(A) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(B) 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(C) 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[a](D) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(E) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,(F) so that God may be all in all.(G)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6