Colossians 2:8-17

8Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.

9For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ,

10and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

11You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,

12when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses.

14He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

15He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.

16Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

17These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is Christ.