Interlinear Bible - Colossians 2:18-23

18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

mhdei;? A-NSM uJma'? P-2AP katabrabeuevtw V-PAM-3S qevlwn V-PAP-NSM ejn PREP tapeinofrosuvnh/ N-DSF kai; CONJ qrhskeiva/ N-DSF tw'n T-GPM ajggevlwn, N-GPM aJ; R-APN eJovraken V-RAI-3S ejmbateuvwn, V-PAP-NSM eijkh'/ ADV fusiouvmeno? V-PPP-NSM uJpo; PREP tou' T-GSM noo;? N-GSM th'? T-GSF sarko;? N-GSF aujtou', P-GSM

19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

kai; CONJ ouj R-GSM kratw'n V-PAP-NSM th;n T-ASF kefalhvn, N-ASF ejx ouJ' R-GSM pa'n A-NSN to; T-NSN sw'ma N-NSN dia; PREP tw'n T-GPF aJfw'n N-GPF kai; CONJ sundevsmwn N-GPM ejpicorhgouvmenon V-PPP-NSN kai; CONJ sumbibazovmenon V-PPP-NSN au~xei th;n T-ASF au~xhsin tou' T-GSM qeou'. N-GSM

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

Eij COND ajpeqavnete V-2AAI-2P su;n PREP Xristw'/ N-DSM ajpo; PREP tw'n T-GPN stoiceivwn N-GPN tou' T-GSM kovsmou, N-GSM tiv I-ASN wJ? ADV zw'nte? V-PAP-NPM ejn PREP kovsmw/ N-DSM dogmativzesqe, V-PPI-2P

21 "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"

Mh; PRT a&yh/ V-AMS-2S mhde; CONJ geuvsh/ V-ADS-2S mhde; CONJ qivgh/?, V-2AAS-2S

22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use )-in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?

a& R-NPN ejstin V-PXI-3S pavnta A-NPN eij? PREP fqora;n N-ASF th'/ T-DSF ajpocrhvsei, N-DSF kata; PREP ta; T-APN ejntavlmata N-APN kai; CONJ didaskaliva? N-APF tw'n T-GPM ajnqrwvpwn; N-GPM

23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no * value against fleshly indulgence.

a&tinav R-NPN ejstin V-PXI-3S lovgon N-ASM me;n PRT e~conta V-PAP-NPN sofiva? N-GSF ejn PREP ejqeloqrhskiva/ N-DSF kai; CONJ tapeinofrosuvnh/ N-DSF ?kai;? CONJ ajfeidiva/ N-DSF swvmato?, N-GSN oujk PRT ejn PREP timh'/ N-DSF tini X-DSF pro;? PREP plhsmonh;n N-ASF th'? T-GSF sarkov?. N-GSF