New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 2:11-20

11and in Him 1you were alsoG2532 circumcisedG4059 with a circumcisionG4061 madeG886 withoutG886 handsG886, in the removalG555 of 2the bodyG4983 of the fleshG4561 by the circumcisionG4061 of ChristG5547; 12having been 3buriedG4916 with Him in baptismG908, in whichG3739 you were alsoG2532 4raisedG4891 up with Him throughG1223 faithG4102 in the workingG1753 of GodG2316, who 5raisedG1453 Him from the deadG3498. 13When you were 6deadG3498 7in your transgressionsG3900 and the uncircumcisionG203 of your fleshG4561, He 8madeG4806 you aliveG4806 togetherG4806 with Him, having forgivenG5483 us allG3956 our transgressionsG3900, 14having canceledG1813 out 9the certificateG5498 of debtG5498 consisting of decreesG1378 againstG2596 us, whichG3739 was hostileG5227 to us; and 10He has takenG142 it out of the wayG3319, having nailedG4338 it to the crossG4716. 15When He had 11 12disarmedG554 the 13rulersG746 and authoritiesG1849, He 14madeG1165 a publicG3954 displayG1165 of them, having 15triumphedG2358 overG2358 them throughG1722 16Him.

16ThereforeG3767 noG3361 oneG5100 is to 17 18actG2919 as your judgeG2919 in regard to 19foodG1035 orG2532 20drinkG4213 orG2228 in respectG3313 to a 21festivalG1859 orG2228 a 22newG3501 moonG3501 orG2228 a 23SabbathG4521 24day-- 17things whichG3739 are 25a mere shadowG4639 of what is to comeG3195; but the 26substanceG4983 27belongs to ChristG5547. 18Let noG3367 oneG3367 keep 28 29defraudingG2603 you of your prizeG2603 by 30delightingG2309 in 31self-abasementG5012 and the worshipG2356 of the angelsG32, 32takingG1687 his standG1687 on visions he has seenG3708, 33 34inflatedG5448 withoutG1500 causeG1500 by his 35fleshlyG4561 mindG3563, 19and not holdingG2902 fastG2902 to 36the headG2776, from whomG3739 37the entireG3956 bodyG4983, being suppliedG2023 and heldG4822 togetherG4822 by the jointsG860 and 38ligamentsG4886, growsG837 with a growthG838 39which is from GodG2316.

20 40IfG1487 you have diedG599 with ChristG5547 41to the 42elementaryG4747 principlesG4747 of the worldG2889, 43whyG5101, as ifG5613 you were livingG2198 in the worldG2889, do you submitG1379 yourself to 44decreesG1379, such as,

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

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