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Colossians 2:14-23

14having effacedthehandwritinginordinanceswhich[stoodout]againstus,whichwasG1510contrarytous,hehastakenG142italsoG2532outoftheway, havingnailedittothecrossσταυρῷ·staurōG4716;

15having spoiledprincipalitiesandauthoritiesἐξουσίαςexousiasG1849,hemadeashowofthempubliclyG3954, leadingthemintriumphbyit.

16LetnonethereforeοὖνounG3767judgeκρινέτωkrinetōG2919youinmeatorindrinkπόσειposeiG4213,orinmatteroffeastἑορτῆςhe'ortēsG1859,ornew moon,orsabbathsσαββάτων,sabbatōnG4521,

17whichareG1510ashadowσκιὰskiaG4639ofthingsG3739tocomeG3195;butthebodyσῶμαsōmaG4983[isG1510]ofChristΧριστοῦ.ChristouG5547.

18LetnooneμηδεὶςmēdeisG3367fraudulently depriveyouofyourprize, doinghisownwillinhumilityταπεινοφροσύνῃtapeinophrosunēG5012andworshipofangelsἀγγέλων,angelōnG32, enteringintothingsG3739whichhehasnotseenG3708, vainly puffed upbythemindνοὸςnoosG3563ofhisfleshσαρκὸςsarkosG4561,

19andnotholdingG2902fastκρατῶνkratōnG2902theheadκεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776,fromwhomallthebodyσῶμαsōmaG4983, ministeredtoandunitedtogetherσυμβιβαζόμενονsumbibazomenonG4822bythejointsandbands, increaseswiththeincreaseG837ofGodθεοῦ.¶theouG2316.

20IfyehavediedG599withChristΧριστῷChristōG5547fromtheelementsG4747oftheworldκόσμου,kosmouG2889,whyτίtiG5101as[if]aliveG2198in[the]worldκόσμῳkosmōG2889doye subjectyourselvestoordinances?

21Donothandle,donottasteγεύσῃgeusēG1089,donottouchG681,

22(thingsG3956whichareG1510allfordestructionG5356intheusing [ofthem]:)accordingκατὰkataG2596totheinjunctionsandteachingsG1319ofmenG444,

23(whichhaveindeedanappearanceofwisdomσοφίαςsophiasG4678involuntary worship,andhumilityταπεινοφροσύνῃtapeinophrosunēG5012,andharshtreatmentofthebodyσώματος,sōmatosG4983,notinacertainτινιtiniG5100honour,)to[the] satisfactionofthefleshσαρκός.¶sarkosG4561.

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