Colossians 2:14

Forgiveness Guilt and conscience The cross and atonement Salvation

¹² 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,

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

¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

¹⁶ Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
KJV: 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;
WEB: wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
ASV: having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;
DARBY: having effaced the handwriting in ordinances which [stood out] against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it also out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;
BLB: having blotted out the handwriting in the decrees against us, which was adverse to us. And He has taken it out of the midst, having nailed it to the cross.

ÅB: og utslettet skyldbrevet mot oss, som var skrevet med bud, det som gikk oss imot, og det tok han bort idet han naglet det til korset.
OTB: etter å ha slettet gjeldsbrevet som stod imot oss med dets lovmessige krav. Dette satte Han til side, idet Han naglet det til korset.
B1930: og utslettet skyldbrevet mot oss, som var skrevet med bud, det som gikk oss imot, og det tok han bort idet han naglet det til korset.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 2:14–16
For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
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Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
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Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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Hebrews 8:13
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
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1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
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Hebrews 7:18
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
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Colossians 2:20
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
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Hebrews 10:8–9
In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
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