Colossians 2:14

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Cross-reference

Colossians 2:20 expands on dying with Christ to worldly rules — the same freedom from the law's demands that verse 14 introduced.

Galatians 4:1-4 explains Christ redeemed those under the law — the same liberation from the law's condemnation described in Colossians 2:14 as nailing the code to the cross.

Hebrews 10:9 states Christ sets aside the first covenant — the same cancellation described in Colossians 2:14.

Hebrews 8:13 declares the old covenant obsolete — mirroring the cancellation of the legal debt in Colossians 2:14.

Hebrews 7:18 says the former regulation is set aside as weak — the same legal system canceled in Colossians 2:14.

Ephesians 2:14-16 says Christ set aside the law with its commands by the cross — the same cancellation of the legal code that Colossians 2:14 calls nailing it to the cross.

Isaiah 44:22 shows God blotting out sins like a cloud — the same cancellation of debt that Colossians 2:14 says Christ nailed to the cross.

Isaiah 43:25 declares God Himself blots out transgressions—the very work Christ accomplishes in Colossians 2:14 on the cross.

Psalm 51:9 Allusion

Psalm 51:9 repeats the plea to 'blot out all my iniquities'—the same divine action Paul describes in Colossians 2:14.

Psalm 51:1 Allusion

Psalm 51:1 has David pleading, 'blot out my transgressions'—exactly what God does in Colossians 2:14, wiping out the handwriting against us.

John 19:30 Parallel

In John 19:30, Jesus declares 'It is finished' — the very debt Paul says was canceled and nailed to the cross.

Romans 7:4 Parallel

In Romans 7:4, believers died to the law through Christ's body — the same cancellation of legal debt Paul speaks of.

Daniel 9:24 Prophetic fulfillment

Daniel 9:24 prophesies atonement for sin — fulfilled in Colossians 2:14 where Christ cancels the debt of sin on the cross.

In Ephesians 2:15, Christ set aside the law in his flesh — the same 'legal indebtedness' Paul says was canceled.

In Ephesians 2:16, the cross reconciles and ends hostility — the same event where Paul says the debt was canceled.

Acts 3:19 Parallel

Acts 3:19 calls for repentance so sins are wiped out — echoing the cancellation of debt in Colossians 2:14 where Christ nailed the record to the cross.

In Galatians 4:4, Christ was born under the law — the very law whose debt he would later nail to the cross.

Hebrews 9:10 describes external regulations as temporary — the very system canceled in Colossians 2:14.

Nehemiah 4:5 asks God not to blot out enemies' sins—the opposite of what God does in Colossians 2:14, where He wipes out our record.