New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 2:14-23

14having canceled 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 and 12drink, or in respect to a 13festival or a 14new moon, or a 15Sabbath 16day-- 17things which are only a 17shadow of what is to come; but the 18substance 19belongs to Christ. 18Take care that no one keeps 20 21defrauding you of your prize by 22delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, 23taking his stand on visions he has seen, 24 25inflated without cause by his 26fleshly mind, 19and not holding firmly to 27the head, from whom 28the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and 29ligaments, grows with a growth 30which is from God.

20 31If you have died with Christ 32to the 33elementary principles of the world, 34why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to 35decrees, such as, 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22(which all refer 36to things destined to perish 37with use)--in accordance with the 38commandments and teachings of man? 23These are matters which do have the 39appearance of wisdom in 40 41self-made religion and humility and 42severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against 43fleshly 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 going into detail about ↩
24. Colossians 2:18 Or conceited ↩
25. Colossians 2:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
26. Colossians 2:18 Rom 8:7 ↩
27. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:22 ↩
28. Colossians 2:19 Eph 1:23; 4:16 ↩
29. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds ↩
30. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God ↩
31. Colossians 2:20 Rom 6:2 ↩
32. Colossians 2:20 Lit from ↩
33. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:8 ↩
34. Colossians 2:20 Gal 4:9 ↩
35. Colossians 2:20 Col 2:14, 16 ↩
36. Colossians 2:22 1 Cor 6:13 ↩
37. Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed ↩
38. Colossians 2:22 Is 29:13; Matt 15:9; Titus 1:14 ↩
39. Colossians 2:23 Lit report; Gr logos ↩
40. Colossians 2:23 Or would-be religion ↩
41. Colossians 2:23 Col 2:18 ↩
42. Colossians 2:23 1 Tim 4:3 ↩
43. Colossians 2:23 Rom 13:14; 1 Tim 4:8 ↩

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