Col 1:14 | RWP | e4.org | In whom ( εν ω ). In Christ as in . This great sentence about Christ carries on by means of three relatives ( εν ω , ος , ος ) and repeated personal pronoun ( αυτος ), twice with οτ ( , ), thrice with κα ( , , ), twice alone ( , ). Our redemption ( την απολυτρωσιν ). See on for this great word ( Koine ), a release on payment of a ransom for slave or debtor ( ) as the inscriptions show (Deissmann, Light, etc. , p. 327). The forgiveness of our sins ( την αφεσιν των αμαρτιων ). Accusative case in apposition with απολυτρωσιν as in ( remission , sending away, αφεσις , after the redemption απολυτρωσις , buying back). Only here we have αμαρτιων (sins, from αμαρτανω , to miss) while in we find παραπτωματων (slips, fallings aside, from παραπιπτω ).

‏ Colossians 1:14

In whom ( εν ω ). In Christ as in Eph 1:7. This great sentence about Christ carries on by means of three relatives ( εν ω 14, ος 15, ος 18) and repeated personal pronoun ( αυτος ), twice with οτ (15, 19), thrice with κα (17, 18, 20), twice alone (16, 20).

Our redemption ( την απολυτρωσιν ). See on Ro 3:24 for this great word (Koine), a release on payment of a ransom for slave or debtor (Heb 9:15) as the inscriptions show (Deissmann, Light, etc., p. 327).

The forgiveness of our sins ( την αφεσιν των αμαρτιων ). Accusative case in apposition with απολυτρωσιν as in Eph 1:7 ( remission, sending away, αφεσις, after the

redemption απολυτρωσις, buying back). Only here we have αμαρτιων (sins, from αμαρτανω, to miss) while in Eph 1:7 we find παραπτωματων (slips, fallings aside, from παραπιπτω ).