New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 2:14-23

14having canceled out 1the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and 2He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15When He had 3 4disarmed the 5rulers and authorities, He 6made a public display of them, having 7triumphed over them through 8Him.

16Therefore no one is to 9 10act as your judge in regard to 11food or 12drink or in respect to a 13festival or a 14new moon or a 15Sabbath 16day-- 17things which are 17a mere shadow of what is to come; but the 18substance 19belongs to Christ. 18Let no one keep 20 21defrauding you of your prize by 22delighting in 23self-abasement and the worship of the angels, 24taking his stand on visions he has seen, 25 26inflated without cause by his 27fleshly mind, 19and not holding fast to 28the head, from whom 29the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and 30ligaments, grows with a growth 31which is from God.

20 32If you have died with Christ 33to the 34elementary principles of the world, 35why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to 36decrees, such as, 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22(which all refer 37to things destined to perish 38with use)--in accordance with the 39commandments and teachings of men? 23These are matters which have, to be sure, the 40appearance of wisdom in 41 42self-made religion and self-abasement and 43severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against 44fleshly indulgence.

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Notes

1. Colossians 2:14 Eph 2:15; Col 2:20 ↩
2. Colossians 2:14 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
3. Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of ↩
4. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
5. Colossians 2:15 John 12:31; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:10 ↩
6. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
7. Colossians 2:15 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
8. Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e. the cross ↩
9. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you ↩
10. Colossians 2:16 Rom 14:3 ↩
11. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
12. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
13. Colossians 2:16 Lev 23:2; Rom 14:5 ↩
14. Colossians 2:16 1 Chr 23:31; 2 Chr 31:3; Neh 10:33 ↩
15. Colossians 2:16 Mark 2:27f; Gal 4:10 ↩
16. Colossians 2:16 Or days ↩
17. Colossians 2:17 Heb 8:5; 10:1 ↩
18. Colossians 2:17 Lit body ↩
19. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ ↩
20. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you ↩
21. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 9:24; Phil 3:14 ↩
22. Colossians 2:18 Col 2:23 ↩
23. Colossians 2:18 Or humility ↩
24. Colossians 2:18 Or going into detail about ↩
25. Colossians 2:18 Or conceited ↩
26. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
27. Colossians 2:18 Rom 8:7 ↩
28. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:22 ↩
29. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:23; 4:16 ↩
30. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds ↩
31. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God ↩
32. Colossians 2:20 Rom 6:2 ↩
33. Colossians 2:20 Lit from ↩
34. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:8 ↩
35. Colossians 2:20 Gal 4:9 ↩
36. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:14, 16 ↩
37. Colossians 2:22 1 Cor 6:13 ↩
38. Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed ↩
39. Colossians 2:22 Is 29:13; Matt 15:9; Titus 1:14 ↩
40. Colossians 2:23 Lit report; Gr logos ↩
41. Colossians 2:23 Or would-be religion ↩
42. Colossians 2:23 Col 2:18 ↩
43. Colossians 2:23 1 Tim 4:3 ↩
44. Colossians 2:23 Rom 13:14; 1 Tim 4:8 ↩

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