New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 2:8-17

8 1SeeG991 to it that there is noG3361 oneG5100 who takesG4812 you captiveG4812 throughG1223 2philosophyG5385 and emptyG2756 deceptionG539 inG2596 accordanceG2596 withG2596 humanG444 traditionG3862, inG2596 accordanceG2596 withG2596 the 3elementaryG4747 principlesG4747 of the worldG2889, 4ratherG3756 thanG2532 G3756 inG2596 accordanceG2596 withG2596 ChristG5547. 9For in Him allG3956 the 5fullnessG4138 of DeityG2320 dwellsG2730 in bodilyG4985 formG4985, 10and in Him you have beenG1510 6madeG4137 7completeG4137, and 8He is the headG2776 9over everyG3956 10rulerG746 and authorityG1849; 11and in Him 11you were alsoG2532 circumcisedG4059 with a circumcisionG4061 performedG886 withoutG886 handsG886, in the removalG555 of 12the bodyG4983 of the fleshG4561 by the circumcisionG4061 of ChristG5547, 12having been 13buriedG4916 with Him in baptismG909, in whichG3739 you were alsoG2532 14raisedG4891 with Him throughG1223 faithG4102 in the workingG1753 of GodG2316, who 15raisedG1453 Him from the deadG3498. 13And 16when you were 17deadG3498 18in your wrongdoingsG3900 and the uncircumcisionG203 of your fleshG4561, He 19madeG4806 you aliveG4806 togetherG4806 with Him, having forgivenG5483 us allG3956 our wrongdoingsG3900, 14having canceledG1813 20the certificateG5498 ofG5498 debtG5498 consisting of decreesG1378 againstG2596 us, whichG3739 was hostileG5227 to us; and 21He has takenG142 it out of the wayG3319, having nailedG4338 it to the crossG4716. 15When He had 22 23disarmedG554 the 24rulersG746 and authoritiesG1849, He 25madeG1165 a publicG3954 displayG1165 of them, having 26triumphedG2358 overG2358 them throughG1722 27Him.

16ThereforeG3767, noG3361 oneG5100 is to 28 29actG2919 asG2919 your judgeG2919 in regard to 30foodG1035 and 31drinkG4213, orG2228 in respectG3313 to a 32festivalG1859 orG2228 a 33newG3501 moonG3501, orG2228 a 34SabbathG4521 35day-- 17things whichG3739 are only a 36shadowG4639 of what is to comeG3195; but the 37substanceG4983 38belongs to ChristG5547.

Read all of Colossians 2

Notes

1. Colossians 2:8 1 Cor 8:9; 10:12; Gal 5:15; Heb 3:12 ↩
2. Colossians 2:8 Eph 5:6; Col 2:23; 1 Tim 6:20 ↩
3. Colossians 2:8 Gal 4:3; Col 2:20 ↩
4. Colossians 2:8 Lit and not ↩
5. Colossians 2:9 2 Cor 5:19; Col 1:19 ↩
6. Colossians 2:10 Eph 3:19 ↩
7. Colossians 2:10 Lit full ↩
8. Colossians 2:10 Eph 1:21f ↩
9. Colossians 2:10 Lit of ↩
10. Colossians 2:10 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:15 ↩
11. Colossians 2:11 Rom 2:29; Eph 2:11 ↩
12. Colossians 2:11 Rom 6:6; 7:24; Gal 5:24; Col 3:5 ↩
13. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:4f ↩
14. Colossians 2:12 Rom 6:5; Eph 2:6; Col 2:13; 3:1 ↩
15. Colossians 2:12 Acts 2:24 ↩
16. Colossians 2:13 Or although ↩
17. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:1 ↩
18. Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of ↩
19. Colossians 2:13 Eph 2:5; Col 2:12 ↩
20. Colossians 2:14 Eph 2:15; Col 2:20 ↩
21. Colossians 2:14 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
22. Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of ↩
23. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
24. Colossians 2:15 John 12:31; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:10 ↩
25. Colossians 2:15 Eph 4:8 ↩
26. Colossians 2:15 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
27. Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e., the cross ↩
28. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you ↩
29. Colossians 2:16 Rom 14:3 ↩
30. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
31. Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17; Heb 9:10 ↩
32. Colossians 2:16 Lev 23:2; Rom 14:5 ↩
33. Colossians 2:16 1 Chr 23:31; 2 Chr 31:3; Neh 10:33 ↩
34. Colossians 2:16 Mark 2:27f; Gal 4:10 ↩
35. Colossians 2:16 Or days ↩
36. Colossians 2:17 Heb 8:5; 10:1 ↩
37. Colossians 2:17 Lit body ↩
38. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ ↩

Notes

Commentaries on Colossians 2