Colossians 2:10-15
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
You Are Complete In Christ, With Whom You Have Been Buried And Raised Up
10 And in Him you are complete[a], Who is the head of all rule[b] and authority, 11 in Whom you also were circumcised with a circumcision not-done-by-human-hands, in[c] the taking-off [d] of the body[e] of the flesh in the circumcision of [f] Christ— 12 having been buried-with Him in baptism, in which[g] you also were raised-with Him through faith in the working of God, the One having raised Him from the dead.
Indeed, God Made Us Alive With Christ, Having Forgiven All Our Trespasses
13 Indeed, you being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh— He made you alive-together with Him, having forgiven us all the trespasses, 14 having wiped-out[h] the written-document[i] against us with[j] its decrees, which was opposed to us. Indeed, He has taken it out of the middle, having nailed it to the cross! 15 Having stripped[k] the rulers and the authorities, He exposed them in public, having celebrated-a-triumph-over[l] them in Him[m]!
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- Colossians 2:10 That is, are in a state of completeness.
- Colossians 2:10 Or, every ruler.
- Colossians 2:11 Or, in connection with.
- Colossians 2:11 Or, removal.
- Colossians 2:11 the body of the flesh. This corresponds to the foreskin in the literal case.
- Colossians 2:11 That is, the spiritual circumcision belonging to Christ (Christian circumcision), or performed on our hearts by Christ.
- Colossians 2:12 That is, baptism. Or, in Whom (Christ).
- Colossians 2:14 Or, blotted out, erased.
- Colossians 2:14 Or, handwriting; or more technically, certificate-of-debt. That is, the Law (God’s requirements); or, the indictment against us; or, our personal certificate of debt to God.
- Colossians 2:14 Or, in, with reference to, by reason of, accompanied by. Or, taking this with what follows, ‘which by its decrees was opposed to us’.
- Colossians 2:15 Or, disarmed, spoiled. That is, having stripped away their power; or, having stripped these beings away from Himself.
- Colossians 2:15 Or, led them as captives in a triumphant procession.
- Colossians 2:15 Or, in it, by it (the cross).
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