Colossians 2:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross;

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  • Heb 7:18 : 18 So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.
  • Heb 10:8-9 : 8 After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them, 9 Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.
  • Eph 2:14-16 : 14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.
  • Col 2:20 : 20 If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
  • Heb 8:13 : 13 When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.
  • Heb 9:9-9 : 9 And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean, 10 Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
  • Dan 5:7-8 : 7 The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom. 8 Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.
  • Ps 51:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
  • Ps 51:9 : 9 Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
  • Gal 4:1-4 : 1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all; 2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father. 3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world; 4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
  • 2 Thess 2:7 : 7 For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;
  • Num 5:23 : 23 And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;
  • Neh 4:5 : 5 Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
  • Esth 3:12 : 12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
  • Esth 8:8 : 8 So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.

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