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Colossians 2:15

Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

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In The King James Version

And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

In Context

14wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

16Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

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Cross References

Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there.

Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Luke 10:18He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

Luke 23:39One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”

John 16:11about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

Acts 2:23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

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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