Colossians 2:16-20 (New Revised Standard)
16
Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths.
17
These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
18
Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, dwelling a on visions, b puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking, c
19
and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
20
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe, d why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations,
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- Colossians
- Colossians 2
- Colossians 2:16
- Colossians 2:17
- Colossians 2:18
- Colossians 2:19
- Colossians 2:20
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
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People's New Testament
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Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge
- Colossians
- Colossians 2
- Colossians 2:16
- Colossians 2:17
- Colossians 2:18
- Colossians 2:19
- Colossians 2:20
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
Colossians 2:18 - Other ancient authorities read [not dwelling]
b.
Colossians 2:18 - Meaning of Gk uncertain
c.
Colossians 2:18 - Gk [by the mind of his flesh]
d.
Colossians 2:20 - Or [the rudiments of the world]