¹¹In whom also ye are circumcised with ^gthe circumcision made without hands, ^hin putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: ¹²ⁱBuried with him in baptism, wherein also ^jye are risen with him through ^kthe faith of ^lthe operation of God, ^mwho hath raised him from the dead. ¹³ⁿAnd you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; ¹⁴^o^pBlotting out the handwriting of ^qordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and ^rtook it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; ¹⁵And ^shaving spoiled ^fprincipalities and ^fpowers, ^she made a shew of them openly, ^ttriumphing over them ^||^uin it.

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Colossians 2:15: He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

Footnotes

gSee Rom. 2:29. So Acts 15:1. Phil. 3:3. Comp. Eph. 2:11.
hSo Rom. 6:6. Eph. 4:22. ch. 3:8, 9.
jch. 3:1. So Rom. 6:5.
kSee Mark 11:22.
lSee Eph. 1:19.
mSee Acts 2:24.
nSee Eph. 2:5.
o Eph. 2:15, 16. So Rom. 7:4.
pSee Ps. 51:1.
qSo ver. 20. Luke 2:1.
rSee John 1:29.
sComp. Gen. 3:15. Ps. 68:18. Isai. 53:12. Matt. 12:29. John 12:31. Eph. 4:8. Heb. 2:14.
fver. 15. See ch. 1:16.
fver. 15. See ch. 1:16.
sComp. Gen. 3:15. Ps. 68:18. Isai. 53:12. Matt. 12:29. John 12:31. Eph. 4:8. Heb. 2:14.
t 2 Cor. 2:14 (Gk.).
||Or, in himself.

Cross references

i Rom. 6:4.
u Eph. 2:16.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 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, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ, when you were 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. 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. He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.

NLTNew Living Translation

When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature. For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.

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. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. And although you were dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way by nailing it to the cross. When he had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of them in public, triumphing over them by it.