Colossians 2:13 “When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of you…”

Colossians 2:13

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,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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,

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

And you which were dead in sinnes, and in the vncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, forgiuing you all your trespasses,

Darby Translation

And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

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Cross references

“dead”

Ephesians 2:1 Hebrews 9:14 Luke 15:24 Luke 15:32 Romans 6:13 Ephesians 5:14

Ephesians 2:1 · BSB

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Hebrews 9:14 · BSB

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Luke 15:24 · BSB

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32 · BSB

But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Romans 6:13 · BSB

Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righ…

Ephesians 5:14 · BSB

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

“the uncircumcision”

Ephesians 2:11

Ephesians 2:11 · BSB

Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

“he”

Romans 8:11 2 Corinthians 3:6 Psalm 71:20 1 Corinthians 15:45 Psalm 119:50 John 5:21

Romans 8:11 · BSB

And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

2 Corinthians 3:6 · BSB

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Psalm 71:20 · BSB

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

1 Corinthians 15:45 · BSB

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

Psalm 119:50 · BSB

This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

John 5:21 · BSB

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

“having”

2 Corinthians 5:19 1 John 1:7–9 1 John 2:12 Isaiah 55:7 Isaiah 1:18 Jeremiah 31:34

2 Corinthians 5:19 · BSB

that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

1 John 1:7–9 · BSB

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 2:12 · BSB

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

Isaiah 55:7 · BSB

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Isaiah 1:18 · BSB

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Jeremiah 31:34 · BSB

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will r…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

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