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Colossians 2:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Colossians 2:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 [a]obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;(A)
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- 2:14 The elaborate metaphor here about how God canceled the legal claims against us through Christ’s cross depicts not Christ being nailed to the cross by men but the bond…with its legal claims being nailed to the cross by God.
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