Discovery BoxColossians 2:13 
Context2:13 And even though you were dead in your 1 transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless 2 made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
Colossians 3:15
Context3:15 Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body 3 to this peace), and be thankful.
1 tn The article τοῖς (tois) with παραπτώμασιν (paraptwmasin) is functioning as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
2 tn The word “nevertheless,” though not in the Greek text, was supplied in the translation to bring out the force of the concessive participle ὄντας (ontas).
3 tn Grk “in one body.” This phrase emphasizes the manner in which the believers were called, not the goal of their calling, and focuses upon their unity.
