Kolose 2:11
Konteks2:11 In him you also were circumcised – not, however, 1 with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal 2 of the fleshly body, 3 that is, 4 through the circumcision done by Christ.
Kolose 2:14
Konteks2:14 He has destroyed 5 what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness 6 expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
[2:11] 1 tn The terms “however” and “but” in this sentence were supplied in order to emphasize the contrast.
[2:11] 2 tn The articular noun τῇ ἀπεκδύσει (th apekdusei) is a noun which ends in -σις (-sis) and therefore denotes action, i.e., “removal.” Since the head noun is a verbal noun, the following genitive τοῦ σώματος (tou swmatos) is understood as an objective genitive, receiving the action of the head noun.
[2:11] 3 tn Grk “in the removal of the body of flesh.” The genitive τῆς σαρκός (th" sarko") has been translated as an attributive genitive, “fleshly body.”
[2:11] 4 tn The second prepositional phrase beginning with ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ (en th peritomh) is parallel to the prepositional phrase ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει (en th apekdusei) and gives a further explanation of it. The words “that is” were supplied to bring out this force in the translation.
[2:14] 5 tn The participle ἐξαλείψας (exaleiyas) is a temporal adverbial participle of contemporaneous time related to the previous verb συνεζωοποίησεν (sunezwopoihsen), but has been translated as a finite verb because of the complexity of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences. For the meaning “destroy” see BDAG 344-45 s.v. ἐξαλείφω 2.
[2:14] 6 tn On the translation of χειρόγραφον (ceirografon), see BDAG 1083 s.v. which refers to it as “a certificate of indebtedness.”