Colossians 1:14

in whom we have redemption, ¹  the forgiveness of sins.

Ps 32:1,2; Ps 130:4; Mt 20:28; Lu 5:20; Lu 7:47-50; Ac 2:38; Ac 10:43; Ac 13:38,39; Ac 20:28; Ac 26:18; Ro 3:24,25; Ro 4:6-8; Ga 3:13; Eph 1:7; Eph 4:32; Eph 5:2; Col 2:13; Col 3:13; 1Ti 2:6; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:12,22; Heb 10:12-14; 1Pe 1:19,20; 1Pe 3:18; 1Jo 1:9; 1Jo 2:2; 1Jo 2:12; Re 1:5; Re 5:9; Re 14:4

¹ tc διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ (dia tou {aimato" autou, “through his blood”) is read at this juncture by several minuscule mss (614 630 1505 2464 al) as well as a few, mostly secondary, versional and patristic witnesses. But the reading was prompted by the parallel in Eph 1:7 where the wording is solid. If these words had been in the original of Colossians, why would scribes omit them here but not in Eph 1:7? Further, the testimony on behalf of the shorter reading is quite overwhelming: {א A B C D F G Ψ 075 0150 6 33 1739 1881 Ï latt co as well as several other versions and fathers}. The conviction that “through his blood” is not authentic in Col 1:14 is as strong as the conviction that these words are authentic in Eph 1:7.