Colossians 2:13

And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

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And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

In Context

12Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

14Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross;

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Cross References

Psalms 71:20You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

Jeremiah 31:34And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.

Luke 9:60But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

Luke 15:32But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

John 6:63The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:5-13

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and… Read the whole commentary →

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