What does it mean to be dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh?
Being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh means believers were still dealing with old Adam at that time, dead in sins. Paul writes that God has already quickened, or made us alive, with Him in past tense and has forgiven all our sins. The work is done.
Les explains that Paul is writing to believers who were dead in their sins and the uncircumcision of their flesh, meaning they were still dealing with old Adam at that time. The key is the verb tense: "hath quickened" or made us alive with Him is past tense, so it is done. The next word is "forgiven"; he has already forgiven all our sins. Therefore the context presents salvation as an accomplished work, not something still pending.
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
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What does Colossians 2:13 say happened to people who were dead in sins?
Colossians 2:13 says that those who were dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of their flesh have been made alive and have had every trespass forgiven.