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我愿意你们晓得,我为你们和老底嘉人,并一切没有与我亲自见面的人,是何等地尽心竭力, 要叫他们的心得安慰,因爱心互相联络,以致丰丰足足在悟性中有充足的信心,使他们真知神的奥秘,就是基督, 所积蓄的一切智慧知识都在他里面藏着。 我说这话,免得有人用花言巧语迷惑你们。 我身子虽与你们相离,心却与你们同在,见你们循规蹈矩,信基督的心也坚固,我就欢喜了。

你们既然接受了主基督耶稣,就当遵他而行, 在他里面生根建造,信心坚固,正如你们所领的教训,感谢的心也更增长了。

防避不合真理的学问

你们要谨慎,恐怕有人用他的理学和虚空的妄言,不照着基督,乃照人间的遗传和世上的小学,就把你们掳去。 因为神本性一切的丰盛,都有形有体地居住在基督里面; 10 你们在他里面也得了丰盛。他是各样执政掌权者的元首。 11 你们在他里面也受了不是人手所行的割礼,乃是基督使你们脱去肉体情欲的割礼。 12 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬,也就在此与他一同复活,都因信那叫他从死里复活神的功用。

在罪中死蒙恩得活

13 你们从前在过犯和未受割礼的肉体中死了,神赦免了你们[a]一切过犯,便叫你们与基督一同活过来, 14 又涂抹了在律例上所写攻击我们、有碍于我们的字据,把它撤去,钉在十字架上。 15 既将一切执政的、掌权的掳来,明显给众人看,就仗着十字架夸胜。

16 所以,不拘在饮食上或节期、月朔、安息日,都不可让人论断你们。 17 这些原是后事的影儿,那形体却是基督。 18 不可让人因着故意谦虚和敬拜天使,就夺去你们的奖赏。这等人拘泥在所见过的[b],随着自己的欲心,无故地自高自大, 19 不持定元首。全身既然靠着他,筋节得以相助联络,就因神大得长进。

不要在世俗中活着

20 你们若是与基督同死,脱离了世上的小学,为什么仍像在世俗中活着,服从那“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”等类的规条呢? 22 这都是照人所吩咐所教导的。说到这一切,正用的时候就都败坏了。 23 这些规条使人徒有智慧之名,用私意崇拜,自表谦卑,苦待己身,其实在克制肉体的情欲上是毫无功效。

Footnotes

  1. 歌罗西书 2:13 或作:我们。
  2. 歌罗西书 2:18 有古卷作:这等人窥察所没有见过的。

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;

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;

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

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.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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.

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.

Christ, the Mystery of God

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face in person[a], so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ, in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden. I say this in order that no one will deceive you with persuasive speech, for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

Made Alive in Christ

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, live in him, firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness. Beware lest anyone take you captive[b] through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition[c], according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ, because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority, 11 in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And although you were dead[d][e] in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way by[f] nailing it to the cross. 15 When he[g] had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of them in public, triumphing over them by it.[h]

Do Not Be Judged by Human Religious Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with reference to eating or[i] drinking or participation in a feast or a new moon or a Sabbath, 17 which are a shadow of what is to come, but the reality is Christ. 18 Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about the things which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.

20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as if living in the world? 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,” 22 which things are all meant for destruction by consuming according to human commandments and teachings, 23 which things although they have[j],[k] to be sure, an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and unsparing treatment of the body, do not have any value[l] against the indulgence of the flesh.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:1 Literally “in the flesh”
  2. Colossians 2:8 Literally “anyone be the one who takes captive you”
  3. Colossians 2:8 Literally “the tradition of men”
  4. Colossians 2:13 Literally “and you being dead”
  5. Colossians 2:13 Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive
  6. Colossians 2:14 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“nailing”) which is understood as means
  7. Colossians 2:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had disarmed”) which is understood as temporal
  8. Colossians 2:15 Or “in him”
  9. Colossians 2:16 Some manuscripts have “and”
  10. Colossians 2:23 Literally “having”
  11. Colossians 2:23 *Here the participle (“having”) is understood as concessive
  12. Colossians 2:23 Literally “are not with any value”