Colossians 2:14

and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, affixing it to the Cross.

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In The King James Version

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

In Context

13And when you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he enlivened you, together with him, forgiving you of all transgressions,

15And so, despoiling principalities and powers, he has led them away confidently and openly, triumphing over them in himself.

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Cross References

Numbers 5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a little book, and then he shall erase them with the very bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses,

Esther 3:12And the scribes of the king were summoned, in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month. And it was written, as Haman had commanded, to all the king’s governors, and to the judges of the provinces, and to various peoples, so that each people could read and hear according to their various languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes. And the letters were sealed with his ring.

Psalms 51:1Unto the end. The understanding of David.

Isaiah 43:25I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 57:14And I will say: “Make way! Grant passage! Move to the side of the path! Take the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

Luke 1:6Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:14-16

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. The apostle here represents the privileges we Christians have above… Read the whole commentary →

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