Colossians 2:6-14

English Standard Version

Alive in Christ

^6 (A)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, ^7 (B)rooted and ^(C)built up in him and ^(D)established in the faith, just ^(E)as you were taught, abounding ^(F)in thanksgiving.

⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive by ^(G)philosophy and ^(H)empty deceit, according to ^(I)human tradition, according to the ^(J)elemental spirits^[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. ⁹ For ^(K)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells ^(L)bodily, ¹⁰ and ^(M)you have been filled in him, who is ^(N)the head of all rule and authority. ¹¹ In him also ^(O)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by ^(P)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, ^12 (Q)having been buried with him in baptism, in which ^(R)you were also raised with him through faith in ^(S)the powerful working of God, ^(T)who raised him from the dead. ^13 (U)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God ^(V)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, ¹⁴ by ^(W)canceling ^(X)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.