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Colossians 2:13-15 GW
(13) You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures. (14) He did this by erasing the charges that were brought against us by the written laws God had established. He took the charges away by nailing them to the cross. (15) He (God) stripped the rulers and authorities of their power (in the light of truth) and made a public spectacle of them as he celebrated his victory in Christ.

Colossians 2:13-15 ESV
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, (14) by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. (15) He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame (in the light by Christ), by triumphing over them in him.

Colossians 2:13-15 NWT
13 Furthermore, though you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcised state of your flesh, [God] made you alive together with him. He kindly forgave us all our trespasses 14 and blotted out the handwritten document against us, which consisted of decrees and which was in opposition to us; and He has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the torture stake. 15 Stripping the governments and the authorities bare, he exhibited them in open public as conquered, leading them in a triumphal procession by means of it.

Colossians 2:13-15 ALT
(13) And you, being dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven you all transgressions, (14) having blotted out [or, canceled] the handwritten record of debts in the ordinances against us, which was contrary to us, and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross; (15) having disarmed the rulers and the authorities, He publicly disgraced them, having triumphed over them by it [i.e. the cross - the truth in Christ].

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation