COLOSSIANS 2:13

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Colossians 2:13 Translation & Meaning

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And καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words And
you, ὑμᾶς You (as the objective of a verb or preposition) you
being ὄντας Being being
dead νεκροὺς Dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun) dead
in ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc in
your τοῖς The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) your
sins παραπτώμασιν A side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e., (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression sins
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
the τῇ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
uncircumcision ἀκροβυστίᾳ The prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e., gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person uncircumcision
of your ὑμῶν Of (from or concerning) you of your
flesh, σαρκὸς Flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e., (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such) flesh
hath he quickened together συνεζωποίησεν To reanimate conjointly with (figuratively) quickened together
with σὺν With or together (but much closer than G3326 or G3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc with
him, αὐτῷ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons him
having forgiven χαρισάμενος To grant as a favor, i.e., gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue having forgiven
you ὑμᾶς To (with or by) you you
all πάντα All, any, every, the whole all
trespasses; παραπτώματα A side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e., (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression trespasses

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  • 11  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

  • 12  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.

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

  • 14  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;

  • 15  And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.




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