¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities,^(A) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them^(B) by the cross.^[a]

Freedom From Human Rules

¹⁶ Therefore do not let anyone judge you^(C) by what you eat or drink,^(D) or with regard to a religious festival,^(E) a New Moon celebration^(F) or a Sabbath day.^{(G) 17} These are a shadow of the things that were to come;^(H) the reality, however, is found in Christ. ¹⁸ Do not let anyone who delights in false humility^(I) and the worship of angels disqualify you.^(J) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. ¹⁹ They have lost connection with the head,^(K) from whom the whole body,^(L) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.^(M)

²⁰ Since you died with Christ^(N) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,^(O) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:^(P)