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Col. 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andn 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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Eph. 2:1,5,11• ¹and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins--
⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
¹¹Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in the flesh done with the hand; (Eph. 2:1,5,11)

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Ezek. 37:1‑10• ¹The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit, and set me down in the midst of a valley; and it was full of bones.
²And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.
³And he said unto me, Son of man, Shall these bones live? And I said, Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
⁴And he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
⁵Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
⁶And I will put sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
⁷And I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a rustling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
⁸And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
⁹And he said unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
¹⁰And I prophesied as he had commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. (Ezek. 37:1‑10)

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Luke 9:60• ⁶⁰But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do *thou* go and announce the kingdom of God. (Luke 9:60)

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Luke 15:24,32• ²⁴for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
³²But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found. (Luke 15:24,32)

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Rom. 6:13• ¹³Neither yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God. (Rom. 6:13)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
¹⁵and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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Eph. 2:1,5‑6• ¹and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins--
⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
⁶and has raised us up together, and has made us sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus, (Eph. 2:1,5‑6)

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Eph. 5:14• ¹⁴Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:14)

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1 Tim. 5:6• ⁶But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead while living. (1 Tim. 5:6)

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Heb. 6:1• ¹Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to what belongs to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God, (Heb. 6:1)

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Heb. 9:14• ¹⁴how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God? (Heb. 9:14)

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James 2:17,20,26• ¹⁷So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.
²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
²⁶For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. (James 2:17,20,26)

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Eph. 2:11• ¹¹Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in the flesh done with the hand; (Eph. 2:11)

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Psa. 71:20• ²⁰Thou, who hast shewn us many and sore troubles, wilt revive us again, and wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth; (Psa. 71:20)

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Psa. 119:50• ⁵⁰This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy *word hath quickened me. (Psa. 119:50)

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John 5:21• ²¹For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens them, thus the Son also quickens whom he will: (John 5:21)

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John 6:63• ⁶³It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life. (John 6:63)

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Rom. 4:17• ¹⁷(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being; (Rom. 4:17)

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Rom. 8:11• ¹¹But if the Spirit of him that has raised up Jesus from among the dead dwell in you, he that has raised up Christ from among the dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit which dwells in you. (Rom. 8:11)

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1 Cor. 15:36,45• ³⁶Fool; what *thou* sowest is not quickened unless it die.
⁴⁵Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit. (1 Cor. 15:36,45)

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2 Cor. 3:6• ⁶who has also made us competent, as ministers of the new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens. (2 Cor. 3:6)

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2 Cor. 3• (2 Cor. 3)

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1 Tim. 6:13• ¹³I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession, (1 Tim. 6:13)

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Psa. 32:1• ¹Of David. Instruction. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! (Psa. 32:1)

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Isa. 1:18• ¹⁸Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)

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Isa. 55:7• ⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)

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Jer. 31:34• ³⁴And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more. (Jer. 31:34)

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Acts 13:38‑39• ³⁸Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,
³⁹and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified. (Acts 13:38‑39)

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2 Cor. 5:19• ¹⁹how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:19)

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Heb. 8:10‑12• ¹⁰Because this is the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and *they* shall be to me for people.
¹¹And they shall not teach each his fellow-citizen, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know me in themselves, from the little one among them unto the great among them.
¹²Because I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more. (Heb. 8:10‑12)

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1 John 1:7‑9• ⁷But if we walk in the light as *he* is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:7‑9)

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1 John 2:12• ¹²I write to you, children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. (1 John 2:12)

• Raised up with Him, inasmuch as partaking of that life which He possesses as risen from the dead, we have-like Him and with Him-left all that burden of sin and condemnation behind us with the death from which we have been delivered. (“Colossians 2” by J.N. Darby)

• In Ephesians grace finds us dead and quickens with Christ. In Colossians it finds us alive in sins and brings in death and resurrection, and completes this by quickening with Christ. (“Colossians 2” by J.N. Darby)

• In Ephesians we are seen as seated in the heavenlies, but in Colossians we are seen as risen with Christ, but walking as pilgrims here on earth. We have a new standing out of the old into the new, out of the Adam life into Christ. Christ has borne all of the condemnation for us. Colossians finds us alive in sins but brings in death and resurrection in Christ and with Him. The believer receives liberty as well as life and pardon. (“Colossians 2” by C.E. Lunden)

• Verse 13a refers to believing Gentiles. This is indicated by the words “you” and "your,” for the Colossians were a company of converted Gentiles; whereas, verse 14 refers to believing Jews. This is indicated by the word “us.” (“Hindrances to Carrying Out the Truth of the Mystery: Colossians 2:4-19” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;

W. Kelly Translation

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And you, being dead in offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he quickened you together with him, having forgiven us all the offenses,