Colossians 2:13

Translations

Modern

When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

Traditional

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

Literal

And you being dead in the trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all the trespasses,

Latin

Et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis, et præputio carnis vestræ, convivificavit cum illo, donans vobis omnia delicta:

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English

When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

Notes

Colossians 2:6–15

Paul urges the Colossians to stay strong in their faith in Christ, despite the tempting arguments of the false teachers. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. Christ alone makes them complete.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Circumcision in the New Testament Early Christian Heresies Living for Christ The Christ Hymn: Christ’s Divine Nature

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