Colossians 2:15 meaning and explanation

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Colossians 2:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is writing to a church he has never visited, warning them against teachers who add rules and angel worship to Christ. In verse 15 he pictures God stripping the powers and authorities of their weapons and parading them openly, the way a Roman general led defeated captives through the streets.

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