Colossians 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Context
This verse from Colossians Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Paul struggles on behalf of those who have not seen his face, that their hearts may be encouraged and knit together in love, reaching all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery which is Christ. Beware …
Other Translations
having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;
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;
Cross References
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked …
Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to …
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s …
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out …
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for …
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way …
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said …