Colossians 1:14

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

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

God has purchased our freedom with his blood and has forgiven all our sins.

the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating.

In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

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.