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Colossians 1:14

Colossians 1:14 KJB – “In whom we have redemption THROUGH HIS BLOOD, even the forgiveness of sins:”

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Colossians 1:14 KJB – “In whom we have redemption THROUGH HIS BLOOD, even the forgiveness of sins:”

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

The important words “through his blood”, which express the price paid by the Son of God to redeem guilty sinners, are found in numerous Greek texts, ancient versions, and quoted by several early church writers.

Manuscripts: “206, 223, 330, 383, 424, 614, 630, 876, 1505, 1518, 1912, 1960, 2005, 2200, 2344, 2412, and 2464.

Old Latin mss: g, f, c, d, e, m. I

Syriac Harclean
Philoxenian
Armenian
Even the Latin Vulgate of Jerome (382 A.D.)

Early Church Writers:
Irenaeus Against Heresies — BOOK V (180 A.D.)
Theodoret (420 A.D.)
Cassiodorus and John Cassian (360 A.D.) (Cassian, Against Nestorius, 5:7)

Reformation and other Greek Texts
Erasmus 1516
Stephanus 1550
Beza 1598
Elziver 1624
Scrivener 1894
Modern Greek Bible.

Reformation Bibles and more
Tyndale 1525
Coverdale 1535
Great Bible 1540
Matthew’s Bible 1549
Bishops’ Bible 1568
Douai-Rheims 1582
Geneva Bible 1587
Beza N.T. 1599
Bill Bible 1671
Wesley’s translation 1755
John Worsley N.T. 1770
Clarke N.T. 1795
Thomas Haweis N.T. 1795
Thomson Bible 1808
Revised Translation 1815
Webster’s 1833
Longman Version 1841

Foreign Language Bibles
Italian Diodati
Nuova Diodati
Italian Riveduta
French Martin Bible
French Ostervald
Afrikaans Bible
Dutch Staten Vertaling Bible
Luther’s German Bible
German Schlachter
Finnish Bible
Spanish Sagradas Escrituras
Cipriano de Valera
Reina Valera
Portuguese Almeida Corrigida E Fiel
Biblia Sagrada em Portugués
Portuguese O Livro.

Modern Greek Bible
Modern Hebrew Bible