Colossians 2:8-23 (Holman Christian Standard)
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Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.
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For in Him the entire fullness of God's naturea dwells bodily,b
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and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
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In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh,c in the circumcision of the Messiah.
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Having been buried with Him in baptism, you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
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And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses.
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He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.
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He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.d
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Therefore don't let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a sabbath day.e
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These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance isf the Messiah.
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Let no one disqualify you,g insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his fleshly mind.
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He doesn't hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.
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If you died with Christ to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
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"Don't handle, don't taste, don't touch"?
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All these [regulations] refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.
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Although these have a reputation of wisdom by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value against fleshly indulgence.
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- Colossians
- Colossians 2
- Colossians 2:8
- Colossians 2:9
- Colossians 2:10
- Colossians 2:11
- Colossians 2:12
- Colossians 2:13
- Colossians 2:14
- Colossians 2:15
- Colossians 2:16
- Colossians 2:17
- Colossians 2:18
- Colossians 2:19
- Colossians 2:20
- Colossians 2:21
- Colossians 2:22
- Colossians 2:23
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)
People's New Testament
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament
- Colossians
- Colossians 2:8
- Colossians 2:9
- Colossians 2:10
- Colossians 2:11
- Colossians 2:12
- Colossians 2:13
- Colossians 2:14
- Colossians 2:15
- Colossians 2:16
- Colossians 2:17
- Colossians 2:18
- Colossians 2:19
- Colossians 2:20
- Colossians 2:21
- Colossians 2:22
- Colossians 2:23
Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge
- Colossians
- Colossians 2
- Colossians 2:8
- Colossians 2:9
- Colossians 2:10
- Colossians 2:11
- Colossians 2:12
- Colossians 2:13
- Colossians 2:14
- Colossians 2:15
- Colossians 2:16
- Colossians 2:17
- Colossians 2:18
- Colossians 2:19
- Colossians 2:20
- Colossians 2:21
- Colossians 2:22
- Colossians 2:23
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
Colossians 2:9 - Or the deity
b.
Colossians 2:9 - Or nature lives in a human body
c.
Colossians 2:11 - Col 1:22; 3:9
d.
Colossians 2:15 - Or them through it; that is, through the cross
e.
Colossians 2:16 - Or or sabbaths
f.
Colossians 2:17 - Or substance belongs to
g.
Colossians 2:18 - Or no one cheat us out of your prize