Colossians 2 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

You Are Built Up in Christ

Col 2:1For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not [fn]personally seen my face,

Col 2:2

Col 2:2that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth [fn]that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

Col 2:3

Col 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Col 2:4

Col 2:4I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument.

Col 2:5

Col 2:5For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing [fn]to see [fn]your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ.

Col 2:6

Col 2:6Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so [fn]walk in Him,

Col 2:7

Col 2:7having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established [fn]in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing [fn]with gratitude.

Col 2:8

Col 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, [fn]rather than according to Christ.

Col 2:9

Col 2:9For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

Col 2:10

Col 2:10and in Him you have been made [fn]complete, and He is the head [fn]over all rule and authority;

Col 2:11

Col 2:11and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

Col 2:12

Col 2:12having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Col 2:13

Col 2:13When you were dead [fn]in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,

Col 2:14

Col 2:14having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Col 2:15

Col 2:15When He had [fn]disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through [fn]Him.

Col 2:16

Col 2:16Therefore no one is to [fn]act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath [fn]day—

Col 2:17

Col 2:17things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the [fn]substance [fn]belongs to Christ.

Col 2:18

Col 2:18Let no one keep [fn]defrauding you of your prize by delighting in [fn]self-abasement and the worship of the angels, [fn]taking his stand on visions he has seen, [fn]inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

Col 2:19

Col 2:19and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and [fn]ligaments, grows with a growth [fn]which is from God.

Col 2:20

Col 2:20If you have died with Christ [fn]to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,

Col 2:21

Col 2:21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”

Col 2:22

Col 2:22(which all refer to things destined to perish [fn]with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?

Col 2:23

Col 2:23These are matters which have, to be sure, the [fn]appearance of wisdom in [fn]self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(2:1)

Literally: in the flesh

(2:2)

Literally: of the full assurance

(2:5)

Literally: and seeing

(2:5)

Or, your good order

(2:6)

Or, lead your life

(2:7)

Or, by

(2:7)

One early ms reads in it with

Literally: and not

Literally: full

Literally: of

Or, by reason of

Or, divested Himself of

(2:15)

Or, it; i.e. the cross

(2:16)

Literally: judge you

(2:16)

Or, days

(2:17)

Literally: body

(2:17)

Literally: of Christ

(2:18)

Or, deciding against you

(2:18)

Or, humility

(2:18)

Or, going into detail about

Or, conceited

Literally: bonds

Literally: of God

Literally: from

Or, by being consumed

(2:23)

Literally: report; Gr logos

(2:23)

Or, would-be religion

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