13. You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God made you alive with Christ. And God forgave all our sins.
14. We owed a debt because we broke God’s laws. That debt listed all the rules we failed to follow. But God forgave us that debt. He took away that debt and nailed it to the cross.
15. God defeated the spiritual rulers and powers. With the cross God won the victory and defeated them. He showed the world that they were powerless.