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inἐνwhomᾧwe haveἔχομενthe redemption,τὴν ἀπολύτρωσινthe forgivenessτὴν ἄφεσινof sins.τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν
Colossians 1:14
Study it in the app“in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 1:14, word by word
- we haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- the redemptionἀπολύτρωσινapolytrōsin
redemption
Redemption: release by the payment of a ransom; deliverance.
Where else “apolytrōsin” appears- the forgivenessἄφεσινaphesin
forgiveness
God no longer holds your sins against you.
Where else “aphesin” appears- of sinsἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōn
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiōn” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Some manuscripts add “through his blood,” as in Ephesians 1:7; the apparatus used does not record it.
The context
13He rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,
14 · This verse (above)
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,