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Col 2:13. Καὶ ὑμᾶς, and you) The discourse, Col 2:10-12, was indefinite under the form of the second person, whereas now he speaks strictly in the second person; and, indeed, there is a remarkable Asyndeton [want of the copulative conjunction], by which Col 2:13-15, are connected.-νεκροὺς ὄντας, being dead) Eph 2:1-2.-τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ τῆς σαρκὸς, in the uncircumcision of the flesh) An exquisite term for original sin.-συνεζωοποίησε σὺν αὐτῷ) God hath quickened you together with Christ; comp Eph 2:4-5. The words, took away (ἦρκεν, Col 2:14), and made a show (ἐδειγμάτισεν, Col 2:15), which have no copulative conjunction connecting them, either with one another or with συνεζωοποίησεν,[8] depend on this expression, along with the annexed participles, all of which (viz. both the verbs and the participles) are to be referred to God the Father.-χαρισάμενος) The aorist is determined by the tense of the verb, to which it is added. Now, I adopt this reading, χαρισάμενος ὑμῖν,[9] and connect this clause with the preceding words. In this view, Col 2:13, along with those that precede it, addresses the Gentiles; and Col 2:14 introduces the Jews speaking.-παραπτώματα, offences) from which death had arisen. Deliverance from the reproach of sin, Col 2:14, and deliverance from the power of darkness, Col 2:15, are united with this deliverance from sin.
[8] For the καὶ before αὐτὸ qualifies it, and is not a copulative of the verbs, as the Engl. Vers. makes it.-ED.
[9] For the reading ὑμῖν, in the larger Ed., is considered not so certain: whereas by the margin of 2d Ed., with the concurrence of the Germ. Vers., it is reckoned among those that are more certain.-E. B.
Ἡμῖν is read by ABCDGfg Hilar. 204, 773. Ὑμῖν is supported by Vulg. Hilar. 990, 1067, and according to Lachm. by B (but Tisch. claims B for ἡμῖν).-ED.