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Colossians 2:16-22

16ThereforeG3767 noG3361 oneG5100 is to 12actG2919 as your judgeG2919 in regard to 3foodG1035 orG2532 4drinkG4213 orG2228 in respectG3313 to a 5festivalG1859 orG2228 a 6newG3501 moonG3501 orG2228 a 7SabbathG4521 8day-- 17things whichG3739 are 9a mere shadowG4639 of what is to comeG3195; but the 10substanceG4983 11belongs to ChristG5547. 18Let noG3367 oneG3367 keep 1213defraudingG2603 you of your prizeG2603 by 14delightingG2309 in 15self-abasementG5012 and the worshipG2356 of the angelsG32, 16takingG1687 his standG1687 on visions he has seenG3708, 1718inflatedG5448 withoutG1500 causeG1500 by his 19fleshlyG4561 mindG3563, 19and not holdingG2902 fastG2902 to 20the headG2776, from whomG3739 21the entireG3956 bodyG4983, being suppliedG2023 and heldG4822 togetherG4822 by the jointsG860 and 22ligamentsG4886, growsG837 with a growthG838 23which is from GodG2316.

2024IfG1487 you have diedG599 with ChristG5547 25to the 26elementaryG4747 principlesG4747 of the worldG2889, 27whyG5101, as ifG5613 you were livingG2198 in the worldG2889, do you submitG1379 yourself to 28decreesG1379, such as, 21“Do not handleG681, do not tasteG1089, do not touchG2345!” 22(whichG3739 allG3956 refer 29to things destined to perishG5356 30with useG671)--in accordanceG2596 with the 31commandmentsG1778 and teachingsG1319 of menG444?

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 2:16 Rom 14:3 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 2:16 Lev 23:2; Rom 14:5 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 2:16 1 Chr 23:31; 2 Chr 31:3; Neh 10:33 ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 2:16 Mark 2:27f; Gal 4:10 ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 2:16 Or days ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 2:17 Heb 8:5; 10:1 ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 2:17 Lit body ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 9:24; Phil 3:14 ↩
  14. 14. Colossians 2:18 Col 2:23 ↩
  15. 15. Colossians 2:18 Or humility ↩
  16. 16. Colossians 2:18 Or going into detail about ↩
  17. 17. Colossians 2:18 Or conceited ↩
  18. 18. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
  19. 19. Colossians 2:18 Rom 8:7 ↩
  20. 20. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:22 ↩
  21. 21. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:23; 4:16 ↩
  22. 22. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds ↩
  23. 23. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God ↩
  24. 24. Colossians 2:20 Rom 6:2 ↩
  25. 25. Colossians 2:20 Lit from ↩
  26. 26. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:8 ↩
  27. 27. Colossians 2:20 Gal 4:9 ↩
  28. 28. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:14, 16 ↩
  29. 29. Colossians 2:22 1 Cor 6:13 ↩
  30. 30. Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed ↩
  31. 31. Colossians 2:22 Is 29:13; Matt 15:9; Titus 1:14 ↩

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