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In whom (en hōi). In Christ as in Eph 1:7. This great sentence about Christ carries on by means of three relatives (en hōi Col 1:14, hos Col 1:15, hos Col 1:18) and repeated personal pronoun (autos), twice with hoti (Col 1:15, Col 1:19), thrice with kai (Col 1:17, Col 1:18, Col 1:20), twice alone (Col 1:16, Col 1:20).
Our redemption (tēn apolutrōsin). See note on Rom 3:24 for this great word (Koiné[28928]š), a release on payment of a ransom for slave or debtor (Heb 9:15) as the inscriptions show (Deissmann, Light, etc., p. 327).
The forgiveness of our sins (tēn aphesin tōn hamartiōn). Accusative case in apposition with apolutrōsin as in Eph 1:7 (remission, sending away, aphesis, after the redemption apolutrōsis, buying back). Only here we have hamartiōn (sins, from hamartanō, to miss) while in Eph 1:7 we find paraptōmatōn (slips, fallings aside, from parapiptō).