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He forgave us all our sins, <a href="/nlt/colossians/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. <a href="/esv/colossians/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, <a href="/bsb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/blb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And you being dead in the trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, <a href="/kjv/colossians/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; <a href="/nkjv/colossians/2.htm">New King James Version</a> And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, <a href="/nasb_/colossians/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, <a href="/nasb/colossians/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, <a href="/nasb77/colossians/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, <a href="/lsb/colossians/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And you being dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him, having graciously forgiven us all our transgressions. <a href="/amp/colossians/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (worldliness, manner of life), God made you alive together with Christ, having [freely] forgiven us all our sins, <a href="/csb/colossians/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses. <a href="/hcsb/colossians/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses. <a href="/asv/colossians/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses; <a href="/cev/colossians/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins. <a href="/erv/colossians/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he quicken together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses; <a href="/gwt/colossians/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures. <a href="/gnt/colossians/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> You were at one time spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were Gentiles without the Law. But God has now brought you to life with Christ. God forgave us all our sins; <a href="/isv/colossians/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Even when you were dead because of your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with him when he forgave us all of our offenses, <a href="/net/colossians/2.htm">NET Bible</a> And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions. <a href="/nheb/colossians/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, <a href="/wbt/colossians/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; <a href="/wey/colossians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And to you--dead as you once were in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your natural state--He has nevertheless given Life with Himself, having forgiven us all our transgressions.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/colossians/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/web/colossians/2.htm">World English Bible</a> You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/colossians/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you—being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh—He made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all the trespasses, <a href="/blb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And you being dead in the trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, <a href="/ylt/colossians/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And you -- being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh -- He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses, <a href="/slt/colossians/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And you, being dead in faults and uncircumcision of the flesh, he made alive together with him, having propitiated to you all faults;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/colossians/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And you, when you were dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh; he hath quickened together with him, forgiving you all offences: <a href="/cpdv/colossians/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And 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, <a href="/nabre/colossians/2.htm">New American Bible</a> And even when you were dead [in] transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; <a href="/nrsvce/colossians/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/colossians/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you, who once were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has granted to live with him, and he has forgiven you all your sins; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/colossians/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And you, who had died by your sins and by the uncircumcision in your flesh, he has given you life with him and has forgiven us all our sins.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/colossians/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And you, being dead to your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all your offenses; <a href="/godbey/colossians/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and you, being dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your depravity, has he created life in you along with himself, having forgiven us all transgressions, <a href="/haweis/colossians/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And you, who were dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened with him, freely forgiving you all trespasses; <a href="/mace/colossians/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Even you, who were in a dying sinful state, and were uncircumcised Gentiles, has God raised to life, as he did Christ, having pardoned all your sins: <a href="/wey/colossians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And to you--dead as you once were in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your natural state--He has nevertheless given Life with Himself, having forgiven us all our transgressions. <a href="/worrell/colossians/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, did He make alive with Him: having freely forgiven us all our trespasses; <a href="/worsley/colossians/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And when ye were dead in trespasses, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, <a href="/parallel/colossians/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7q-K-qsfihQ?start=390" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/colossians/2.htm">Alive in Christ</a> …12And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">When</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ontas (V-PPA-AMP) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">were</a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekrous (Adj-AMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">dead</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3900.htm" title="3900: paraptōmasin (N-DNP) -- A falling away, lapse, slip, false step, trespass, sin. From parapipto; a side-slip, i.e. error or transgression.">trespasses</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">in the</a> <a href="/greek/203.htm" title="203: akrobystia (N-DFS) -- From akron and probably a modified form of posthe; the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised state or person.">uncircumcision</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">of your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarkos (N-GFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">sinful nature,</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou."></a> <a href="/greek/4806.htm" title="4806: synezōopoiēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To make alive together with. From sun and zoopoieo; to reanimate.">God made you alive</a> <a href="/greek/4862.htm" title="4862: syn (Prep) -- With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.">with</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Christ.</a> <a href="/greek/5483.htm" title="5483: charisamenos (V-APM-NMS) -- (a) To show favor to, (b) To pardon, forgive, (c) To show kindness. ">He forgave</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmin (PPro-D1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">us</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panta (Adj-ANP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3900.htm" title="3900: paraptōmata (N-ANP) -- A falling away, lapse, slip, false step, trespass, sin. From parapipto; a side-slip, i.e. error or transgression.">trespasses,</a> 14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">Ephesians 2:1-5</a> And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, / in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. / All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. ... <a href="/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11</a> So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. <a href="/romans/8-10.htm">Romans 8:10</a> But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a> We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. <a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12-13</a> remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. <a href="/romans/5-10.htm">Romans 5:10</a> For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! <a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a> For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit, <a href="/john/5-24.htm">John 5:24</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. <a href="/1_john/5-12.htm">1 John 5:12</a> Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-14</a> The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. / He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry. / Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.” ... <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a> But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div> And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;dead.<a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-10</a> The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, … <a href="/luke/9-60.htm">Luke 9:60</a> Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.<a href="/luke/15-24.htm">Luke 15:24,32</a> For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry… the uncircumcision.<a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11</a> Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;he.<a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20</a> Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<a href="/psalms/119-50.htm">Psalm 119:50</a> This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.<a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21</a> For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.having.<a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Psalm 32:1</a> A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.<a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.<a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Condition</a> <a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm">Forgave</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/colossians/1-14.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Life</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-5.htm">Natural</a> <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/colossians/2-5.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Offences</a> <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Once</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Quickened</a> <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/philippians/4-11.htm">State</a> <a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Trespasses</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Uncircumcision</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/colossians/2-17.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm">Condition</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Forgave</a> <a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Life</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Natural</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-12.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Offences</a> <a href="/colossians/3-7.htm">Once</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">Quickened</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/colossians/3-6.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/colossians/4-7.htm">State</a> <a href="/colossians/2-19.htm">Together</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Trespasses</a> <a href="/colossians/3-11.htm">Uncircumcision</a><div class="vheading2">Colossians 2</div>1. <a href="/colossians/2-1.htm">Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ;</a> 8. <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">to beware of philosophy, and vain traditions;</a> 18. <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">worshipping of angels;</a> 20. <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">and legal ceremonies, which are ended in Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/colossians/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/colossians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/colossians/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>When you were dead in your trespasses This phrase highlights the spiritual state of humanity before salvation. Biblically, "dead" signifies separation from God due to sin (<a href="/ephesians/2.htm">Ephesians 2:1</a>). Trespasses refer to specific acts of disobedience against God's law. The imagery of death underscores the inability of humans to save themselves, emphasizing the need for divine intervention. This concept is rooted in the fall of man (Genesis 3), where sin entered the world, resulting in spiritual death.and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature Here, "uncircumcision" symbolizes a state of being outside the covenant community of Israel, who were marked by physical circumcision as a sign of their relationship with God (<a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10-14</a>). In the New Testament, this term is used metaphorically to describe a heart not yet transformed by God (<a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a>). The "sinful nature" refers to the inherent inclination towards sin that all humans possess due to the fall. This phrase emphasizes the Gentile believers' previous alienation from God and His promises.God made you alive with Christ This statement reflects the transformative power of God's grace. The act of being "made alive" signifies spiritual regeneration and resurrection with Christ, a central theme in Pauline theology (<a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Ephesians 2:5-6</a>). It parallels the resurrection of Jesus, indicating that believers share in His victory over sin and death. This new life is a gift from God, not earned by human effort, and is a fulfillment of the promise of new life found in the prophets (<a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a>).He forgave us all our trespasses Forgiveness is a key aspect of the gospel message. The phrase underscores the completeness of God's forgiveness through Christ's atoning sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Hebrews 10:17-18</a>). "All our trespasses" indicates that no sin is too great to be forgiven, reflecting the sufficiency of Christ's work on the cross. This forgiveness restores the broken relationship between humanity and God, fulfilling the prophecy of a new covenant where God remembers sins no more (<a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Colossians, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_colossians.htm">The Colossians</a> The recipients of the letter, the Colossians were members of the early Christian church in Colossae, a city in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). 3. <a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a> Central to the passage, Christ is the one through whom believers are made alive, signifying His role in salvation and forgiveness. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The initiator of salvation, God is the one who makes believers alive with Christ and forgives their trespasses. 5. <a href="/topical/t/trespasses_and_uncircumcision.htm">Trespasses and Uncircumcision</a> These terms refer to the spiritual state of the Colossians before coming to faith in Christ, highlighting their separation from God due to sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_death_and_life.htm">Spiritual Death and Life</a> Before accepting Christ, we are spiritually dead due to our sins. Understanding this state helps us appreciate the magnitude of God's grace and the new life we receive in Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_christ_in_salvation.htm">The Role of Christ in Salvation</a> Christ is central to our salvation. It is through His death and resurrection that we are made alive. This underscores the importance of a personal relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/c/complete_forgiveness.htm">Complete Forgiveness</a> God forgives all our trespasses, not just some. This complete forgiveness should inspire gratitude and a desire to live a life that honors Him. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_faith.htm">Transformation through Faith</a> The transformation from death to life is a powerful testament to the work of God in our lives. It encourages us to share our testimony and the hope we have in Christ with others. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_newness_of_life.htm">Living in Newness of Life</a> Being made alive with Christ calls us to live differently, pursuing holiness and righteousness as a response to God's grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_colossians_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Colossians 2</a> <a href="/q/why_is_beef_consumption_controversial.htm">Are all our past, present, and future sins forgiven?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_cross_symbolize.htm">What does the cross symbolize?</a> <a href="/q/are_all_our_sins_forgiven.htm">Are all our past, present, and future sins forgiven?</a> <a href="/q/should_elders_anoint_the_sick.htm">Should elders pray and anoint the sick with oil?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/colossians/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) And you . . .--Here, exactly as in <a href="/context/ephesians/2-1.htm" title="And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;">Ephesians 2:1-18</a>, there is a remarkable intermixture of the word "we" and the word "you," the former conveying the universal statement of the gospel message of mercy, the other applying it emphatically to the Gentiles, as Gentiles. The two passages should be read side by side. There is, as always, strong similarity, yet complete independence. Through the passage of the Ephesian Epistle there runs a two-fold idea, the reconcilement of Jew and Gentile to God, and the union of both in one Catholic Church. In this Epistle it is only on the reconcilement to God in Christ that stress is laid. Even the detailed expressions of the two passages illustrate each other at once by likeness and by variety.Dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh.--See <a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm" title="And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;">Ephesians 2:1</a>, "You who were dead in trespasses and sins . . . who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision in the flesh." Here the "deadness" is spoken of, as coming both from the actual power of "sins" (transgressions), and from the alienation from God marked by uncircumcision. In the other passage the uncircumcision is looked upon only as a name of reproach.Hath he quickened.--It is difficult to determine what is the subject in this sentence. According to all analogy it should be "God," yet in the latter clauses (as in <a href="/context/colossians/2-14.htm" title=" 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;">Colossians 2:14-15</a>) it must surely be "Christ." Now, when we turn to the fuller parallel passage, we see an overt change of subject. It is said (<a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm" title="Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)">Ephesians 2:5</a>), "God quickened us together with Christ"; "God in Christ forgave us" (<a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm" title="And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.">Ephesians 4:32</a>); but "Christ abolished the Law," "reconciled us to God on the cross." This suggests a similar change of subject here also, which must be at the words "and took it away," or (for the tense here is changed) "and He (Christ) hath taken it away." This, speaking grammatically, introduces an anomaly; but such anomalies are not uncommon in St. Paul, especially in passages of high spiritual teaching. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/colossians/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - And you, being dead by reason of (or, in) your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses (<a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">Ephesians 2:1-5</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>; <a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12-21</a>; <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>; <a href="/romans/7-9.htm">Romans 7:9-13, 24</a>; <a href="/romans/8-1.htm">Romans 8:1, 2, 6, 10</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/15-56.htm">1 Corinthians 15:56</a>; <a href="/john/5-24.htm">John 5:24</a>; <a href="/john/6-51.htm">John 6:51</a>; <a href="/1_john/3-14.htm">1 John 3:14</a>; <a href="/genesis/2-17.htm">Genesis 2:17</a>). (For the transition from "having raised" (ver. 12) to this verse, comp. <a href="/ephesians/1-20.htm">Ephesians 1:20 - 2:1</a>; also <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20, 21</a>.) Again the participle gives place to the finite verb: a colon is a sufficient stop at the end of ver. 12. Death, in St. Paul's theology, is "a collective expression for the entire judicial consequences of sin" (see Cromer's ' Lexicon,' on θάνατος and νεκρόζς), of which the primary spiritual element is the sundering of the soul's fellowship with God, from which flew all other evils contained, in it. Life, therefore, begins with justification, (<a href="/romans/5-18.htm">Romans 5:18</a>). "Trespasses" are particular acts of sin (<a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">Ephesians 2:1, 5</a>; <a href="/romans/5-15.htm">Romans 5:15-20</a>; <a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a>); "uncircumcision of the flesh" is general sinful impurity of nature. The false teachers probably stigmatized the uncircumcised state as unholy. The apostle adopts the expression, but refers it to the pre-Christian life of his readers (see vers. 11, 12), when their Gentile uncircumcision was a true type of their moral condition (<a href="/romans/2-25.htm">Romans 2:25</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11</a>). These sinful acts and this sinful condition were the cause of their former state of death (<a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a>). The Revisers rightly restore the second emphatic "you" - "you, uncircumcised Gentiles" (comp. <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Colossians 1:21, 22, 27</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-18</a>; <a href="/romans/15-9.htm">Romans 15:9</a>). It is God who "made you alive" as he "raised him (Christ)," (ver. 12); the second act being the consequence and counterpart of the first, and faith the subjective link between them. Χαρίζομαι to show grace, used of Divine forgiveness only in this and the Ephesian Epistle (<a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Colossians 3:13</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm">Ephesians 4:32</a>: comp. <a href="/luke/7-42.htm">Luke 7:42, 43</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/2-7.htm">2 Corinthians 2:7, 10</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/12-13.htm">2 Corinthians 12:13</a>), points to the cause or principle of forgiveness in the Divine grace (<a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4, 5</a>; <a href="/romans/3-26.htm">Romans 3:26</a>; <a href="/romans/5-17.htm">Romans 5:17</a>). In "having forgiven us" the writer significantly passes from the second to the first person: so in <a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">Ephesians 2:1-5</a> (comp. <a href="/romans/3-9.htm">Romans 3:9, 30</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/1-15.htm">1 Timothy 1:15</a>). The thought of the new life bestowed on the Colossians with himself in their individual forgiveness calls to his mind the great act of Divine mercy from which it sprang (the connection corresponds, in reverse order, to that of <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20, 21</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">2 Corinthians 5:19, 20</a>), and he continues - <a href="/commentaries/colossians/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[When] Καὶ (Kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. were ὄντας (ontas) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. dead νεκροὺς (nekrous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [your] τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. trespasses παραπτώμασιν (paraptōmasin) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3900.htm">Strong's 3900: </a> A falling away, lapse, slip, false step, trespass, sin. From parapipto; a side-slip, i.e. error or transgression. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. in the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. uncircumcision ἀκροβυστίᾳ (akrobystia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_203.htm">Strong's 203: </a> From akron and probably a modified form of posthe; the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised state or person. of your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. sinful nature, σαρκὸς (sarkos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. God made you alive συνεζωοποίησεν (synezōopoiēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4806.htm">Strong's 4806: </a> To make alive together with. From sun and zoopoieo; to reanimate. with σὺν (syn) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4862.htm">Strong's 4862: </a> With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together. [Christ]. αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. He forgave χαρισάμενος (charisamenos) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> (a) To show favor to, (b) To pardon, forgive, (c) To show kindness. us ἡμῖν (hēmin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. all πάντα (panta) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. [our] τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. trespasses, παραπτώματα (paraptōmata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3900.htm">Strong's 3900: </a> A falling away, lapse, slip, false step, trespass, sin. From parapipto; a side-slip, i.e. error or transgression. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">NT Letters: Colossians 2:13 You were dead through your trespasses (Coloss. 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