The Latin Vulgate VUL
English Standard Version ESV
1 volo enim vos scire qualem sollicitudinem habeam pro vobis et pro his qui sunt Laodiciae et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne
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For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face,
2 ut consolentur corda ipsorum instructi in caritate et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris Christi Iesu
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that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ,
3 in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiae et scientiae absconditi
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in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 hoc autem dico ut nemo vos decipiat in subtilitate sermonum
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I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.
5 nam et si corpore absens sum sed spiritu vobiscum sum gaudens et videns ordinem vestrum et firmamentum eius quae in Christo est fidei vestrae
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For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
6 sicut ergo accepistis Christum Iesum Dominum in ipso ambulate
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Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
7 radicati et superaedificati in ipso et confirmati fide sicut et didicistis abundantes in gratiarum actione
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rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
8 videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum secundum elementa mundi et non secundum Christum
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See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
9 quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter
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For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
10 et estis in illo repleti qui est caput omnis principatus et potestatis
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and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
11 in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manufacta in expoliatione corporis carnis in circumcisione Christi
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In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
12 consepulti ei in baptismo in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei qui suscitavit illum a mortuis
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having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis et praeputio carnis vestrae convivificavit cum illo donans vobis omnia delicta
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And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 delens quod adversum nos erat chirografum decretis quod erat contrarium nobis et ipsum tulit de medio adfigens illud cruci
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by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
15 expolians principatus et potestates traduxit palam triumphans illos in semet ipso
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He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
16 nemo ergo vos iudicet in cibo aut in potu aut in parte diei festi aut neomeniae aut sabbatorum
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Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
17 quae sunt umbra futurorum corpus autem Christi
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These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
18 nemo vos seducat volens in humilitate et religione angelorum quae non vidit ambulans frustra inflatus sensu carnis suae
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Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
19 et non tenens caput ex quo totum corpus per nexus et coniunctiones subministratum et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei
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and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
20 si mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis mundi quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis
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If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations—
21 ne tetigeris neque gustaveris neque contrectaveris
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“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”
22 quae sunt omnia in interitu ipso usu secundum praecepta et doctrinas hominum
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( referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings?
23 quae sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiae in superstitione et humilitate et ad non parcendum corpori non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis
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These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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