Colossians 2:14

14having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.

14having canceled 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.

14having 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.

14having canceled out the 2:14 This term refers to a debtor’s handwritten note acknowledging the debt.certificate of debt consisting of 2:14 I.e. the requirements found in the Mosaic Law which were violated. The debt is the punishment due for the violator’s sins. Gentiles were never directly liable to the Law, but as Paul explains in Rom 2:12-16, God holds them responsible for violating the principles of the Law that they acknowledge of their own volition.legal demands [which were in force] against us and which were hostile to us. And this certificate He has set aside and completely removed by nailing it to the cross.

14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

14He wiped out what the law said that we owed. The law stood against us. It judged us. But he has taken it away and nailed it to the cross.