A.T. Robertson Commentary Colossians 1:14

"in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:" — Colossians 1:14 (ASV)

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 (Hebrews 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).