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Berean Standard Bible

“When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,”

Colossians 2:13

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Paul contrasts spiritual death with new life in Christ. He speaks of what God has done for the Colossians.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

World English Bible (WEB)

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And you -- being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh -- He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y á vosotros, estando muertos en pecados y en la incircuncisión de vuestra carne, os vivificó juntamente con él, perdonándoos todos los pecados,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

De hecho, ustedes estaban muertos a causa de sus pecados y no se habían despojado de su naturaleza pecaminosa; pero Dios nos vivificó con Cristo y nos perdonó los pecados.

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