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New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 2:9-23

9For in Him all the 1fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10and in Him you have been 2made 3complete, and 4He is the head 5over every 6ruler and authority; 11and in Him 7you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of 8the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, 12having been 9buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also 10raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who 11raised Him from the dead. 13And 12when you were 13dead 14in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He 15made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, 14having canceled 16the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and 17He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15When He had 1819disarmed the 20rulers and authorities, He 21made a public display of them, having 22triumphed over them through 23Him.

16Therefore, no one is to 2425act as your judge in regard to 26food and 27drink, or in respect to a 28festival or a 29new moon, or a 30Sabbath 31day-- 17things which are only a 32shadow of what is to come; but the 33substance 34belongs to Christ. 18Take care that no one keeps 3536defrauding you of your prize by 37delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, 38taking his stand on visions he has seen, 3940inflated without cause by his 41fleshly mind, 19and not holding firmly to 42the head, from whom 43the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and 44ligaments, grows with a growth 45which is from God.

2046If you have died with Christ 47to the 48elementary principles of the world, 49why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to 50decrees, such as, 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22(which all refer 51to things destined to perish 52with use)--in accordance with the 53commandments and teachings of man? 23These are matters which do have the 54appearance of wisdom in 5556self-made religion and humility and 57severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against 58fleshly indulgence.

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Notes

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

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