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New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 2

You Are Built Up in Christ

1For I want you to know how great a 1struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at 2Laodicea, and for all those who have not 3personally seen my face, 2that their 4hearts may be encouraged, having been 5knit together in love, and attaining to all 6the wealth 7that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a 8true knowledge of 9God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3in whom are hidden all 10the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 411I say this so that no one will delude you with 12persuasive argument. 5For even though I am 13absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing 14to see 15your 16good discipline and the 17stability of your faith in Christ.

6Therefore as you have received 18Christ Jesus the Lord, so 1920walk in Him, 7having been firmly 21rooted and now being 22built up in Him and 23established 24in your faith, just as you 25were instructed, and overflowing 26with gratitude.

827See to it that no one takes you captive through 28philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the 29elementary principles of the world, 30rather than according to Christ. 9For in Him all the 31fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10and in Him you have been 32made 33complete, and 34He is the head 35over all 36rule and authority; 11and in Him 37you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of 38the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; 12having been 39buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also 40raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who 41raised Him from the dead. 13When you were 42dead 43in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He 44made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14having canceled out 45the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and 46He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15When He had 4748disarmed the 49rulers and authorities, He 50made a public display of them, having 51triumphed over them through 52Him.

16Therefore no one is to 5354act as your judge in regard to 55food or 56drink or in respect to a 57festival or a 58new moon or a 59Sabbath 60day-- 17things which are 61a mere shadow of what is to come; but the 62substance 63belongs to Christ. 18Let no one keep 6465defrauding you of your prize by 66delighting in 67self-abasement and the worship of the angels, 68taking his stand on visions he has seen, 6970inflated without cause by his 71fleshly mind, 19and not holding fast to 72the head, from whom 73the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and 74ligaments, grows with a growth 75which is from God.

2076If you have died with Christ 77to the 78elementary principles of the world, 79why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to 80decrees, such as, 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22(which all refer 81to things destined to perish 82with use)--in accordance with the 83commandments and teachings of men? 23These are matters which have, to be sure, the 84appearance of wisdom in 8586self-made religion and self-abasement and 87severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against 88fleshly indulgence.

Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 2:1 Col 1:29; 4:12 ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 2:1 Col 4:13, 15f; Rev 1:11 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 2:1 Lit in the flesh ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 2:2 1 Cor 14:31; Eph 6:22; Col 4:8 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 2:2 Col 2:19 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 2:2 Eph 1:7, 18; 3:16 ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 2:2 Lit of the full assurance ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 2:2 Matt 13:11 ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 2:2 Rom 16:25f; Eph 3:3f; Col 1:26; 4:3 ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 2:3 Is 11:2; Rom 11:33 ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 2:4 Eph 4:17 ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 2:4 Rom 16:18 ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 2:5 1 Cor 5:3 ↩
  14. 14. Colossians 2:5 Lit and seeing ↩
  15. 15. Colossians 2:5 Or your good order ↩
  16. 16. Colossians 2:5 1 Cor 14:40 ↩
  17. 17. Colossians 2:5 1 Pet 5:9 ↩
  18. 18. Colossians 2:6 Gal 3:26 ↩
  19. 19. Colossians 2:6 Or lead your life ↩
  20. 20. Colossians 2:6 Col 1:10 ↩
  21. 21. Colossians 2:7 Eph 3:17 ↩
  22. 22. Colossians 2:7 1 Cor 3:9; Eph 2:20 ↩
  23. 23. Colossians 2:7 1 Cor 1:8 ↩
  24. 24. Colossians 2:7 Or by ↩
  25. 25. Colossians 2:7 Eph 4:21 ↩
  26. 26. Colossians 2:7 One early ms reads in it with ↩
  27. 27. Colossians 2:8 1 Cor 8:9; 10:12; Gal 5:15; Heb 3:12 ↩
  28. 28. Colossians 2:8 Eph 5:6; Col 2:23; 1 Tim 6:20 ↩
  29. 29. Colossians 2:8 Gal 4:3; Col 2:20 ↩
  30. 30. Colossians 2:8 Lit and not ↩
  31. 31. Colossians 2:9 2 Cor 5:19; Col 1:19 ↩
  32. 32. Colossians 2:10 Eph 3:19 ↩
  33. 33. Colossians 2:10 Lit full ↩
  34. 34. Colossians 2:10 Eph 1:21f ↩
  35. 35. Colossians 2:10 Lit of ↩
  36. 36. Colossians 2:10 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:15 ↩
  37. 37. Colossians 2:11 Rom 2:29; Eph 2:11 ↩
  38. 38. Colossians 2:11 Rom 6:6; 7:24; Gal 5:24; Col 3:5 ↩
  39. 39. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:4f ↩
  40. 40. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:5; Eph 2:6; Col 2:13; 3:1 ↩
  41. 41. Colossians 2:12 Acts 2:24 ↩
  42. 42. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:1 ↩
  43. 43. Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of ↩
  44. 44. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:5; Col 2:12 ↩
  45. 45. Colossians 2:14 Eph 2:15; Col 2:20 ↩
  46. 46. Colossians 2:14 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
  47. 47. Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of ↩
  48. 48. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
  49. 49. Colossians 2:15 John 12:31; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:10 ↩
  50. 50. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
  51. 51. Colossians 2:15 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
  52. 52. Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e. the cross ↩
  53. 53. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you ↩
  54. 54. Colossians 2:16 Rom 14:3 ↩
  55. 55. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
  56. 56. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
  57. 57. Colossians 2:16 Lev 23:2; Rom 14:5 ↩
  58. 58. Colossians 2:16 1 Chr 23:31; 2 Chr 31:3; Neh 10:33 ↩
  59. 59. Colossians 2:16 Mark 2:27f; Gal 4:10 ↩
  60. 60. Colossians 2:16 Or days ↩
  61. 61. Colossians 2:17 Heb 8:5; 10:1 ↩
  62. 62. Colossians 2:17 Lit body ↩
  63. 63. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ ↩
  64. 64. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you ↩
  65. 65. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 9:24; Phil 3:14 ↩
  66. 66. Colossians 2:18 Col 2:23 ↩
  67. 67. Colossians 2:18 Or humility ↩
  68. 68. Colossians 2:18 Or going into detail about ↩
  69. 69. Colossians 2:18 Or conceited ↩
  70. 70. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
  71. 71. Colossians 2:18 Rom 8:7 ↩
  72. 72. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:22 ↩
  73. 73. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:23; 4:16 ↩
  74. 74. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds ↩
  75. 75. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God ↩
  76. 76. Colossians 2:20 Rom 6:2 ↩
  77. 77. Colossians 2:20 Lit from ↩
  78. 78. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:8 ↩
  79. 79. Colossians 2:20 Gal 4:9 ↩
  80. 80. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:14, 16 ↩
  81. 81. Colossians 2:22 1 Cor 6:13 ↩
  82. 82. Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed ↩
  83. 83. Colossians 2:22 Is 29:13; Matt 15:9; Titus 1:14 ↩
  84. 84. Colossians 2:23 Lit report; Gr logos ↩
  85. 85. Colossians 2:23 Or would-be religion ↩
  86. 86. Colossians 2:23 Col 2:18 ↩
  87. 87. Colossians 2:23 1 Tim 4:3 ↩
  88. 88. Colossians 2:23 Rom 13:14; 1 Tim 4:8 ↩

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