Colossians 2:13-15

Contemporary English Version

^13 (A) You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you^[a] alive, when he forgave all our sins.

^14 (B) God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross. ¹⁵ There Christ defeated all powers and forces. He let the whole world see them being led away as prisoners when he celebrated his victory.