Alive with Christ (Colossians 2:6–23)
1 DBY and you, being dead in your offences and sins — BSB BSB: And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2 DBY in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience: BSB BSB: in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
3 DBY among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest: BSB BSB: All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
4 DBY but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us, BSB BSB: But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
5 DBY (we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) BSB BSB: made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
6 DBY and has raised us up together, and has made us sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus, BSB BSB: And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 DBY that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. BSB BSB: in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
9 DBY not on the principle of works, that no one might boast. BSB BSB: not by works, so that no one can boast.
10 DBY For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them. BSB BSB: For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
One in Christ (Philippians 2:1–4)
11 DBY Wherefore remember that ye, once nations in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in the flesh done with the hand; BSB BSB: Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
12 DBY that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: BSB BSB: remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
15 DBY having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace; BSB BSB: by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
16 DBY and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity; BSB BSB: and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.
17 DBY and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh. BSB BSB: He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
18 DBY For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father. BSB BSB: For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Christ Our Cornerstone (Isaiah 28:14–22; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; 1 Peter 2:1–8)
19 DBY So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, BSB BSB: Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
20 DBY being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone, BSB BSB: built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
21 DBY in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord; BSB BSB: In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
22 DBY in whom ye also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. BSB BSB: And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
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