Colossians 2:15

15 When He had 1disarmed the 2rulers and authorities, He 3made a public display of them, having 4triumphed over them through Him.

Colossians 2:15 In-Context

13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-
17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Ephesians 4:8
  • 2. John 12:31; 1 Corinthians 15:24; Ephesians 3:10; Colossians 2:10
  • 3. Ephesians 4:8
  • 4. 2 Corinthians 2:14

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "divested Himself of"
  • [b]. Or "it;" i.e. the cross
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