Colossians 1:14
New International Version
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

New Living Translation
who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.

English Standard Version
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Berean Standard Bible
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Berean Literal Bible
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

King James Bible
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

New King James Version
in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

New American Standard Bible
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

NASB 1995
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

NASB 1977
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Legacy Standard Bible
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Amplified Bible
in whom we have redemption [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the forgiveness of our sins [and the cancellation of sins’ penalty].

Christian Standard Bible
In him we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, in Him.

American Standard Version
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He in whom we have salvation and the forgiveness of sins;

Contemporary English Version
who forgives our sins and sets us free.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins;

English Revised Version
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
His Son paid the price to free us, which means that our sins are forgiven.

Good News Translation
by whom we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.

International Standard Version
through whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Literal Standard Version
in whom we have the redemption [[through His blood]], the forgiveness of sins,

Majority Standard Bible
in whom we have redemption [[through His blood]], the forgiveness of sins.

New American Bible
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

NET Bible
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

New Revised Standard Version
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

New Heart English Bible
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

Webster's Bible Translation
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Weymouth New Testament
in whom we have our redemption--the forgiveness of our sins.

World English Bible
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

Young's Literal Translation
in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins,

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Context
Thanksgiving and Prayer
13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.…

Cross References
Romans 3:24
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace


Treasury of Scripture

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

whom.

Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Romans 3:24,25
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: …

the.

Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Psalm 32:1,2
A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered…

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Colossians 1
1. After salutation Paul thanks God for the Colossians' faith;
7. confirms the doctrine of Epaphras;
9. prays further for their increase in grace;
14. describes the supremacy of Christ;
21. encourages them to receive Jesus Christ, and commends his own ministry.














Verse 14. - In whom we have (or, had) our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins (Ephesians 1:7; Galatians 3:10-13; Romans 3:19-26; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21; 1 Peter 3:18, 19). Ephesians 1:7 suggested to some later copyists the interpolation "through his blood," words highly suitable in the Ephesian doxology. This verse is the complement of the last: there salvation appears as a rescue by sovereign power, here as a release by legal ransom (ἀπο λύτρωσις). The ransom price Christ had declared beforehand (Matthew 20:28; Matthew 26:28; comp. Romans 3:24-26; Galatians 2:20; 1 Timothy 2:6; Hebrews 9:12-14; 1 Peter 1:18; Revelation 1:5, R.V.; Revelation 5:9). "We have redemption" ("had it," according to a few ancient witnesses) in present experience in "the forgiveness of our sins "(vers. 21, 22; Colossians 2:13, 14; Colossians 3:13; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:25; Romans 5:1; Romans 8:1; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:1-18; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:7-2:2; 1 John 4:10). Romans 3:24 gives its objective ground. The "redemption of the body" (also bought by the same price, 1 Corinthians 6:20) will make the work complete (Ephesians 1:13, 14; Romans 8:19-23; 1 Corinthians 1:30). Lightfoot suggests that the apostle intends to contradict the doctrine of redemption taught by the Gnostics, who made it consist in initiation into their "mysteries" (see note on ver. 27); and supposes that this notion may already have existed at Colossae in some incipient form. But such an abuse of the term seems to imply a well established and familiar Christian use. Philo, who speaks the language of the Jewish philosophic mysticism of the first century, has no such usage. In firm, clear lines the apostle has retraced, in vers. 12-14 (comp. vers. 20-23; Colossians 2:11-14), the teaching of his earlier Epistles on the doctrines of salvation. Here he assumes, in brief and comprehensive terms, what in writing to the Galatians and Romans he had formerly been at so much pains to prove.

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Greek
in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

whom
(hō)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

we have
ἔχομεν (echomen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

redemption,
ἀπολύτρωσιν (apolytrōsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 629: From a compound of apo and lutron; ransom in full, i.e. riddance, or Christian salvation.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

forgiveness
ἄφεσιν (aphesin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 859: A sending away, a letting go, a release, pardon, complete forgiveness. From aphiemi; freedom; pardon.

of sins.
ἁμαρτιῶν (hamartiōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin.


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