Having blotted out (εξαλειψας). And so "cancelled." First aorist active participle of old verb εξαλειφω, to rub out, wipe off, era…

Blotting out the handwriting. The word translated handwriting means something written by the hand, a manuscript; and here, probab…

Blotting out the handwriting—that is, cancelling the bond which stood against us in its ordinances. The “handwriting” is …

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. An…

In the closing words of v.12 Paul mentioned God’s raising Christ from the dead. Now he assures his readers that in Christ they share the resurrecti…

Having blotted out the hand-writing which was against us (Colossians 2:14). He now contends with the false apostles in close c…

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances
Various are the senses interpreters give of these words; some think by th…

There is a philosophy that rightly exercises our reasonable faculties: a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God and conf…

Above, Paul warned the faithful against the deceptions of worldly philosophers; here he instructs and warns them against those heretics who wanted …