12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And although you were dead[a][b] in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way by[c] nailing it to the cross.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:13 Literally “and you being dead”
  2. Colossians 2:13 Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive
  3. Colossians 2:14 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“nailing”) which is understood as means