New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 2:11-20

11and in Him 1you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of 2the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, 12having been 3buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also 4raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who 5raised Him from the dead. 13And 6when you were 7dead 8in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He 9made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, 14having canceled 10the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and 11He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15When He had 12 13disarmed the 14rulers and authorities, He 15made a public display of them, having 16triumphed over them through 17Him.

16Therefore, no one is to 18 19act as your judge in regard to 20food and 21drink, or in respect to a 22festival or a 23new moon, or a 24Sabbath 25day-- 17things which are only a 26shadow of what is to come; but the 27substance 28belongs to Christ. 18Take care that no one keeps 29 30defrauding you of your prize by 31delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, 32taking his stand on visions he has seen, 33 34inflated without cause by his 35fleshly mind, 19and not holding firmly to 36the head, from whom 37the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and 38ligaments, grows with a growth 39which is from God.

20 40If you have died with Christ 41to the 42elementary principles of the world, 43why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to 44decrees, such as,

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Notes

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 Or although ↩
7. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:1 ↩
8. Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of ↩
9. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:5; Col 2:12 ↩
10. Colossians 2:14 Eph 2:15; Col 2:20 ↩
11. Colossians 2:14 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
12. Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of ↩
13. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
14. Colossians 2:15 John 12:31; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:10 ↩
15. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
16. Colossians 2:15 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
17. Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e., the cross ↩
18. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you ↩
19. Colossians 2:16 Rom 14:3 ↩
20. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
21. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
22. Colossians 2:16 Lev 23:2; Rom 14:5 ↩
23. Colossians 2:16 1 Chr 23:31; 2 Chr 31:3; Neh 10:33 ↩
24. Colossians 2:16 Mark 2:27f; Gal 4:10 ↩
25. Colossians 2:16 Or days ↩
26. Colossians 2:17 Heb 8:5; 10:1 ↩
27. Colossians 2:17 Lit body ↩
28. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ ↩
29. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you ↩
30. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 9:24; Phil 3:14 ↩
31. Colossians 2:18 Col 2:23 ↩
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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