歌罗西书 2
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
2 我希望你们知道，我为你们和那些在劳迪西亚的人，以及一切没有亲自[a]看到我面的人，有多么大的争战， 2 好让他们的心受到安慰，在爱中结合在一起，以致得到[b]由悟性的确信不疑而来的一切丰盛，直到真正认识神的奥秘，就是基督[c]—— 3 在他里面隐藏着一切智慧和知识的财宝。
提防异端
4 我说这话，是免得有人用花言巧语欺骗你们。 5 因为，我虽然身体不在你们那里，心灵却与你们同在，而且看见你们有秩序，对基督的信仰也坚定不移，我就感到快乐。
6 所以，你们怎样接受了主基督耶稣[d]，就应当怎样在他里面行事[e]， 7 照着你们所受的教导，在他里面得以扎根、建造，在信仰上得以确立，在感谢中丰足有余。
8 你们要当心，免得有人用哲学和虚空的妄言把你们掳去；那些是出于人的传统，出于世界的原则，而不是出于基督。 9 这是因为神本性的一切丰盛完美都有形有体地居住在基督里面； 10 你们在他里面已经得以满足，他是一切统治者和掌权者的元首[f]； 11 在他里面，你们也受了割礼，不是藉着人的手，而是藉着脱去那血肉之躯，藉着基督的割礼。 12 你们既然在洗礼中与基督一同被埋葬，也就在洗礼中[g]与基督一同复活了，这是藉着相信使基督从死人中复活之神的作为。 13 你们从前在自己的过犯和没有受割礼的肉体中是死的，神却使你们与基督一同活过来了。神已经赦免了我们[h]的一切过犯， 14 抹去了在敌对我们的那些规条中反对我们的债务记录，并且把它从中除掉，钉在十字架上。 15 神既然剥夺了那些统治者和掌权者的权势[i]，就公开羞辱[j][k]他们；藉着基督[l]向他们夸胜[m]了。
16 所以，在吃喝的事上，或在有关节日、月朔或安息日的事上，不要让人评断你们。 17 这些不过是将来之事的影子，而实体却属于基督。 18 不要让任何人藉着故意谦卑和敬拜天使来夺去你们的奖赏；他们沉迷在自己所看到的幻象[n]中，在自己肉体的理性之下，毫无理由地自我膨胀， 19 不与元首[o]紧密相连。本于他，全身得到供应，藉着关节和筋络结合在一起，在属神的成长中长大。
20 你们如果已经和基督一同死了，脱离了世界的原则，为什么还像活在这世俗中一样，拘守那些 21 “不可碰，不可尝，不可摸”之类的条例呢？ 22 这些东西都是一经使用就要衰朽[p]的，是出于人的规条和教义； 23 它们虽然藉着自造宗教、谦卑低微、苦待身体，外表有智慧，但在对付放任肉体的事上，没有任何价值。
Footnotes
- 歌罗西书 2:1 亲自——原文直译“在肉体上”。
- 歌罗西书 2:2 得到——辅助词语。
- 歌罗西书 2:2 基督——有古抄本作“父与基督”。
- 歌罗西书 2:6 接受了主基督耶稣——或译作“接受了基督耶稣为主”。
- 歌罗西书 2:6 行事——原文直译“行走”。
- 歌罗西书 2:10 元首——原文直译“头”。
- 歌罗西书 2:12 在洗礼中——或译作“在基督里面”。
- 歌罗西书 2:13 我们——有古抄本作“你们”。
- 歌罗西书 2:15 的权势——辅助词语。
- 歌罗西书 2:15 公开羞辱——或译作“示众”。
- 歌罗西书 2:15 羞辱——原文直译“展示”。
- 歌罗西书 2:15 基督——原文直译“他”或“它”；或指“十字架”。
- 歌罗西书 2:15 夸胜——原文直译“举行凯旋仪式”或“使……做凯旋仪式中的俘虏”。
- 歌罗西书 2:18 幻象——辅助词语。
- 歌罗西书 2:19 元首——原文直译“头”。
- 歌罗西书 2:22 衰朽——或译作“败坏”。
Colossians 2
Expanded Bible
2 [L For] I want you to know how hard I ·work [contend; struggle] for you, those in Laodicea [C a city northwest of Colossae; 4:16; Rev. 3:14–22], and others who have never ·seen me [met me personally; L seen my face in the flesh]. 2 I want ·them [L their hearts] to be ·strengthened [encouraged; comforted] and joined together with love so that they may be rich in their ·understanding [L assurance of understanding]. This leads to their knowing fully God’s ·secret [mystery; 1:26], that is, Christ himself. 3 In him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are ·safely kept [hidden].
4 I say this so that no one can ·fool [deceive] you by ·arguments that seem good, but are false [persuasive/enticing/specious arguments]. 5 [L For] Though I am absent from you in my body, ·my heart is [in spirit I am] with you, and I ·am happy [rejoice] to see your ·good lives [discipline; orderly lives; or unbroken ranks] and your ·strong [firm; steadfast] faith in Christ.
Continue to Live in Christ
6 [L Therefore] As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so continue to ·live [walk] in him. 7 Keep your roots deep in him and have your lives built on him. Be ·strong [established] in the faith, just as you were taught, ·and always be thankful [abounding/overflowing with gratitude].
8 ·Be sure [Be careful; Watch; See] that no one ·leads you away [takes you captive; captivates you] with ·false [deceptive] and ·empty [worthless] teaching that is ·only human [L according to human traditions], which comes from the ·ruling spirits [elemental spiritual forces (demons); or elementary teachings] of this world, and not from Christ. 9 ·All of God lives fully in Christ [L For in him all the fullness of deity dwells] ·in a human body [bodily; embodied], 10 and you have ·a full and true life in Christ [L been filled in him], who is ·ruler [L head] over every ruler and ·power [authority].
11 In Christ you were also circumcised, but not with a circumcision done by hands [Rom. 2:28; Phil. 3:3]. It was ·a circumcision done by Christ [L the circumcision of Christ], which ·freed you from [put off; cut away] ·the power of your sinful self [your sinful nature; L the body of flesh; C just as OT circumcision cut off the physical flesh, so Christ’s circumcision “cuts off” the “flesh”—the power of our sinful self]. 12 When you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and you were raised up with him through your faith in the ·power [working; active agency] of God, who raised Christ from the dead. 13 When you were ·spiritually dead [L dead] ·because of [or in] your sins and ·because you were not free from the power [L in the uncircumcision] of your ·sinful self [sinful nature; flesh], God made you alive with Christ, and he forgave all our ·sins [transgressions]. 14 He ·canceled [wiped out; erased] the ·record [certificate] of debt, ·which listed all the rules we failed to follow [L with its decrees that were against us; C the record of sins revealed through the OT law; Eph. 2:15]. He ·took it away [set it aside; destroyed it] and nailed it to the cross. 15 ·God [or Christ; L He] ·stripped the spiritual rulers and powers of their authority [L disarmed/despoiled the rulers and authorities]. With the cross, he won the victory and ·showed the world that they were powerless [publicly shamed them; made a public spectacle of them; C like a triumphant general displaying his captives in a victory parade].
Don’t Follow People’s Rules
16 So do not let anyone ·make rules for [or criticize; judge; or condemn] you about eating and drinking or about a religious ·feast [festival], a New Moon Festival [2 Kin. 4:23; Neh. 10:33], or a Sabbath day [C religious observances that false teachers pressured the Colossians to keep]. 17 These things ·were like [L are] a shadow of what was to come. But ·what is true and real has come and is found in Christ [or the reality/substance belongs to Christ; L the body (is) of Christ]. 18 Do not let anyone disqualify you by ·insisting on [or delighting in] self-denial [asceticism; or false humility] and worship of angels. Such people ·enter into [or talk endlessly about; or pin their hopes on] visions, which ·fill them [puff them up] with ·foolish pride [or empty notions] because of their ·human way of thinking [unspiritual/worldly/carnal minds; L mind of the flesh]. 19 They ·do not hold tightly [or have no connection] to the head [C Christ]. It is from him that all the parts of the body are ·cared for [supported] and held together through its joints and ligaments. So it grows in the way God ·wants [or causes] it to grow.
20 Since you died with Christ and were made free from the ·ruling spirits [elemental spiritual forces (demons); or elementary teachings; v. 8] of the world, why do you act as if you still ·belong to [L are living in] this world by following rules like these: 21 “Don’t handle this,” “Don’t taste that,” “Don’t even touch that thing”? 22 These rules refer to ·earthly things that are gone as soon as they are used [L things that all perish with use]. They are only human commands and teachings. 23 They ·seem to be wise [have an appearance of wisdom], with their ·religious devotion [or forced piety; or asceticism], false humility, and ·harsh treatment [severe discipline] of their bodies. But they ·do not really control [have no value against] the ·evil desires [indulgence] of the ·sinful self [sinful nature; flesh].
Colossians 2
King James Version
2 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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