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Colossians 1:14–15
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Colossians 1:14
14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
14In whom we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes:
Colossians 1:15
15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
15Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first borne of euery creature.
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DEFINED WORDS
Colossians 1:14
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
redemption
A buying back; deliverance by payment of a price.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The fluid that circulates through the body and is associated with life; in KJV usage, also life, bloodshed and its guilt, kindred, human nature, blood shed in sacrifice, or the juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
forgiveness
Pardon or remission of an offence, debt, or penalty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Acts of transgression against God; offences; or, as a verb, commits sin, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Colossians 1:15
A likeness, representation, or visible form; often an idol when made or used as an object of worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Unable to be seen; imperceptible to sight.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A created being or thing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
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Open the full verse study24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
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Open the full verse study19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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Open the full verse study12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
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Open the full verse study22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
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Open the full verse study9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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Open the full verse study38¶ Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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Open the full verse study13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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Open the full verse study28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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Open the full verse study2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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Open the full verse study5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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Open the full verse study2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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Open the full verse study18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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Open the full verse study12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
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Open the full verse study4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
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Open the full verse study12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
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Open the full verse study6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
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Open the full verse study43To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
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Open the full verse study28¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
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Open the full verse study32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
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Open the full verse study6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
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Open the full verse study14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Open the full verse study38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Open the full verse study13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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Open the full verse study9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Open the full verse study47Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
48And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
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Open the full verse study4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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Open the full verse study18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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Open the full verse study20And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
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Open the full verse study3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
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Open the full verse study9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
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Open the full verse study1IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Open the full verse study4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
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Open the full verse study18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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Open the full verse study14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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Open the full verse study27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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Open the full verse study6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
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Open the full verse study17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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Open the full verse study29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Open the full verse study16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
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Open the full verse study6And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
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Open the full verse study16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Open the full verse study14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
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Open the full verse study16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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Open the full verse study26¶ And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
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Open the full verse study29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
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Open the full verse study13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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Open the full verse study24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
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Open the full verse study10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
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Open the full verse study8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
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Open the full verse study27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
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