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Key Verse: Colossians 1:13 · NASB1995
Key Verse
“For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,”
Colossians 1:13You were once under a real spiritual dominion opposed to God. That power over you hasn’t merely been weakened — Scripture says it has been broken.
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“For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,”
Colossians 1:13 · NASB1995“When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.”
Colossians 2:13-15 · NASB1995Colossians 1:13 says God “rescued us from the domain of darkness,” and Colossians 2:13-15 explains how thoroughly: He made you alive, forgave every transgression, canceled the debt standing against you, and “disarmed the rulers and authorities,” making “a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.” That power over you hasn’t merely been weakened — it has been broken.
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Read Colossians 1 · NASB95 on Blue Letter BibleAdapted from “The Riches of Grace in Christ Jesus” by Lewis Sperry Chafer, from Salvation (Sunday School Times Company, 1917, public domain).
Scripture quotations are from the NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible, 1995 update), © The Lockman Foundation.