Colossians 2:12
10 And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
11 In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
And 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 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,
14 having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And 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.
- KJV
- Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
- WEB
- having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
- ASV
- having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
- DARBY
- buried with him in baptism, in which ye have been also raised with [him] through faith of the working of God who raised him from among the dead.
- BLB
- having been buried with Him in baptism, in which also you⁺ were raised with [Him] through the faith from the working of God, the One having raised Him out from the dead.
- ÅB
- idet dere ble begravet med ham i dåpen, og i den ble dere og oppreist med ham ved troen på Guds kraft, han som oppreiste ham fra de døde.
- OTB
- da dere ble begravet med Ham i dåpen, i hvilken dere også ble oppreist med Ham ved troen på Guds kraftige verk, som oppreiste Ham fra de døde.
- B1930
- idet I blev begravet med ham i dåpen, og i den blev I og opreist med ham ved troen på Guds kraft, han som opreiste ham fra de døde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 6:3–5
Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Read in contextGalatians 3:27
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Read in context1 Peter 3:21
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Read in contextEphesians 2:4–6
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
Read in contextColossians 3:1–2
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Read in contextEphesians 4:5
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
Read in contextActs 2:24
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
Read in contextRomans 6:8–11
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
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