In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things. And those sinful things we wanted to do controlled our bodies, so that the things we did were only bringing us spiritual death.
Colossians 3:7 - Easy To Read Version In your evil life in the past, you also did these things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 in the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Among whom you also once walked, when you were living in and addicted to [such practices]. American Standard Version (1901) wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; Common English Bible You used to live this way, when you were alive to these things. Catholic Public Domain Version You, too, walked in these things, in times past, when you were living among them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In which you also walked some time, when you lived in them. |
In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things. And those sinful things we wanted to do controlled our bodies, so that the things we did were only bringing us spiritual death.
In the past, some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, {\cf2\super [36]} and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Yes, in the past you lived doing those sins. You lived the way the world lives. You followed the ruler of the evil powers over the earth. That same spirit is now working in those people who refuse to obey God.
You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God made you alive with Christ. And God forgave all our sins.
Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.