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Colossians 2
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2 I want you to know how hard I am contending(A) for you and for those at Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not met me personally. 2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart(C) and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery(D) of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(E) 4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.(F) 5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit(G) and delight to see how disciplined(H) you are and how firm(I) your faith in Christ(J) is.

Spiritual Fullness in Christ

6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,(K) continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted(L) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(M) and overflowing with thankfulness.

8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(N) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(O) rather than on Christ.

9 For in Christ all the fullness(P) of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(Q) over every power and authority.(R) 11 In him you were also circumcised(S) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b](T) was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(U) in which you were also raised with him(V) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(W)

13 When you were dead in your sins(X) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive(Y) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(Z) 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(AA) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(AB) 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(AC) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(AD) by the cross.[e]

Freedom From Human Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(AE) by what you eat or drink,(AF) or with regard to a religious festival,(AG) a New Moon celebration(AH) or a Sabbath day.(AI) 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(AJ) the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(AK) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(AL) 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,(AM) from whom the whole body,(AN) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(AO)

20 Since you died with Christ(AP) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(AQ) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(AR) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(AS) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(AT) 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility(AU) and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
  2. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
  3. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
  4. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
  5. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him
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2 Vreau să ştiţi cât de mult mă lupt pentru voi, pentru cei din Laodicea şi pentru cei care nu m-au văzut faţă în faţă[a], 2 ca inimile lor să fie încurajate, unite în dragoste şi să aibă bogăţiile depline ale înţelegerii complete, pentru a cunoaşte taina lui Dumnezeu, şi anume pe Cristos, 3 în Care sunt ascunse toate bogăţiile înţelepciunii şi ale cunoaşterii. 4 Vă spun aceasta pentru ca nimeni să nu vă înşele cu argumente false, 5 întrucât, chiar dacă sunt departe cu trupul, în duh sunt cu voi. Mă bucur să văd rânduiala care este între voi şi fermitatea credinţei voastre în Cristos.

Trăire în Cristos şi libertate faţă de filozofiile omeneşti

6 Aşadar, după cum L-aţi primit pe Cristos Isus, Domnul, tot aşa să şi continuaţi să trăiţi în El, 7 înrădăcinaţi şi zidiţi în El, devenind tot mai puternici în credinţă, cum aţi fost învăţaţi, aducând din belşug mulţumire. 8 Vedeţi să nu vă înrobească cineva prin vreo filozofie deşartă şi înşelătoare, care ţine de tradiţia oamenilor şi de principiile[b] acestei lumi, şi nu de Cristos. 9 Căci în El locuieşte trupeşte toată plinătatea dumnezeirii 10 şi în El, Care este capul oricărei stăpâniri şi autorităţi, sunteţi şi voi compleţi. 11 În El aţi fost şi circumcişi, cu o circumcizie care nu este făcută de mâini omeneşti, ci cu circumcizia lui Cristos, prin dezbrăcarea de firea[c] păcătoasă, 12 fiind îngropaţi împreună cu El prin botez şi înviaţi împreună cu El, prin credinţa în puterea lui Dumnezeu, Care L-a înviat din morţi. 13 Pe voi, care eraţi morţi în greşelile voastre şi în firea voastră necircumcisă, Dumnezeu v-a[d] adus la viaţă împreună cu Cristos, când ne-a iertat toate greşelile. 14 El a şters însemnarea[e] cu tot cu regulile ei, care era împotriva noastră şi ni se opunea, a luat-o şi a pironit-o pe cruce. 15 A dezbrăcat de putere stăpânirile şi autorităţile şi le-a făcut de ruşine în văzul tuturor, triumfând asupra lor prin cruce[f].

16 Aşadar, nimeni să nu vă condamne cu privire la ce mâncaţi şi ce beţi sau cu privire la o sărbătoare, sau la o lună nouă[g], sau cu privire la o zi de Sabat, 17 care sunt o umbră a lucrurilor viitoare; trupul[h] însă este al lui Cristos. 18 Nimeni care-şi găseşte plăcerea într-o falsă smerenie şi în închinarea la îngeri[i] să nu vă răpească premiul. Un astfel de om cercetează amănunţit lucrurile pe care pretinde că le-a văzut şi se îngâmfă fără motiv prin gândurile firii[j] lui. 19 El nu se ţine strâns de Cap, din Care tot trupul, sprijinit şi ţinut la un loc prin ligamente şi tendoane, îşi primeşte creşterea pe care i-o dă Dumnezeu.

20 Dacă aţi murit împreună cu Cristos faţă de principiile lumii, de ce trăiţi ca şi cum aţi aparţine acestei lumi, ascultând de porunci ca: 21 „Nu atinge!“, „Nu gusta!“, Nu pune mâna!“? 22 Acestea se referă la lucruri care se consumă odată cu folosirea lor; sunt doar porunci şi învăţături ale oamenilor. 23 Ele par să fie bazate pe înţelepciune, prin religia autoimpusă şi falsa smerenie, prin asprimea faţă de trup, însă nu au nici o valoare în ce priveşte înfrânarea dorinţelor naturii păcătoase.

Footnotes

  1. Coloseni 2:1 Lit.: care nu mi-au văzut faţa în trup
  2. Coloseni 2:8 Gr.: stoicheia, termen care se referea în acea vreme la literele alfabetului, exprimând ideea de „lucruri aşezate în ordine“; în acest context expresia se poate referi la învăţăturile elementare ale acestei lumi sau la spiritele naturii acestei lumi (ambele sensuri cu referire, probabil, la învăţătura gnostică din acea vreme – gnosticismul era un curent filozofico-religios care învăţa, în principal, că omul poate fi mântuit numai prin „cunoaştere“, la care puteau ajunge numai cei iniţiaţi – referitoare la spiritele care operează în această lume şi o controlează); şi în v. 20
  3. Coloseni 2:11 Lit.: carnea; şi în vs. 13
  4. Coloseni 2:13 Unele mss conţin: ne-a
  5. Coloseni 2:14 Gr.: cheirographon, termen ce se referea la un document care autentifica existenţa unei datorii
  6. Coloseni 2:15 Sau: în (prin) El (adică prin Cristos); în textul grecesc nu avem decât pronumele personal persoana a 3-a masculin, singular, care se poate referi fie la cruce (vezi v. 14), substantiv care în greacă este masculin, singular, fie la Cristos (vezi v. 13)
  7. Coloseni 2:16 Vezi Num. 28:11-15
  8. Coloseni 2:17 Sau: realitatea
  9. Coloseni 2:18 Sau: închinarea îngerilor
  10. Coloseni 2:18 Lit.: cărnii; şi în v. 23
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Colossians 2
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You Are Built Up in Christ

2 For I want you to know how great a (A)struggle I have in your behalf and for those who are at (B)Laodicea, and for all those who have not [a]personally seen my face, 2 that their (C)hearts may be encouraged, having been (D)knit together in love, and that they would attain to all (E)the wealth [b]that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a (F)true knowledge of (G)God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all (H)the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 (I)I say this so that no one will deceive you with (J)persuasive arguments. 5 For even though I am (K)absent in body, I am nevertheless with you in spirit, rejoicing [c]to see [d]your (L)orderly manner and the (M)stability of your faith in Christ.

6 Therefore, as you have received (N)Christ Jesus the Lord, so [e](O)walk in Him, 7 having been firmly (P)rooted and now being (Q)built up in Him and (R)established [f]in [g]your faith, just as you (S)were instructed, and overflowing [h]with gratitude.

8 (T)See to it that there is no one who takes you captive through (U)philosophy and empty deception in accordance with human tradition, in accordance with the (V)elementary principles of the world, [i]rather than in accordance with Christ. 9 For in Him all the (W)fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10 and in Him you have been (X)made [j]complete, and (Y)He is the head [k]over every (Z)ruler and authority; 11 and in Him (AA)you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of (AB)the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been (AC)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also (AD)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who (AE)raised Him from the dead. 13 And [l]when you were (AF)dead [m]in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He (AG)made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, 14 having canceled (AH)the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and (AI)He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had [n](AJ)disarmed the (AK)rulers and authorities, He (AL)made a public display of them, having (AM)triumphed over them through [o]Him.

16 Therefore, no one is to [p](AN)act as your judge in regard to (AO)food and (AP)drink, or in respect to a (AQ)festival or a (AR)new moon, or a (AS)Sabbath [q]day— 17 things which are only a (AT)shadow of what is to come; but the [r]substance [s]belongs to Christ. 18 Take care that no one keeps [t](AU)defrauding you of your prize by (AV)delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, [u]taking his stand on visions he has seen, [v](AW)inflated without cause by his (AX)fleshly mind, 19 and not holding firmly to (AY)the head, from whom (AZ)the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and [w]ligaments, grows with a growth [x]which is from God.

20 (BA)If you have died with Christ [y]to the (BB)elementary principles of the world, (BC)why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to (BD)decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22 (which all refer (BE)to things destined to perish [z]with use)—in accordance with the (BF)commandments and teachings of man? 23 These are matters which do have the [aa]appearance of wisdom in [ab](BG)self-made religion and humility and (BH)severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against (BI)fleshly indulgence.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:1 Lit in the flesh
  2. Colossians 2:2 Lit of the full assurance
  3. Colossians 2:5 Lit and seeing
  4. Colossians 2:5 Or your good order
  5. Colossians 2:6 Or lead your life
  6. Colossians 2:7 Or by
  7. Colossians 2:7 Or the faith
  8. Colossians 2:7 One early ms in it with
  9. Colossians 2:8 Lit and not
  10. Colossians 2:10 Lit full
  11. Colossians 2:10 Lit of
  12. Colossians 2:13 Or although
  13. Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of
  14. Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of
  15. Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e., the cross
  16. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you
  17. Colossians 2:16 Or days
  18. Colossians 2:17 Lit body
  19. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ
  20. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you
  21. Colossians 2:18 Or going into detail about
  22. Colossians 2:18 Or conceited
  23. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds
  24. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God
  25. Colossians 2:20 Lit from
  26. Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed
  27. Colossians 2:23 Lit report; Gr logos
  28. Colossians 2:23 Or would-be religion
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