¹⁶ So let no one ^(A)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a ^[a]festival or a new moon or sabbaths, ^17 (B)which are a shadow of things to come, but the ^[b]substance is of Christ. ¹⁸ Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has ^[c]not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, ¹⁹ and not holding fast to ^(C)the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, ^(D)grows with the increase that is from God.

^20 [d]Therefore, if you ^(E)died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, ^(F)why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— ^21 (G)“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” ²² which all concern things which perish with the using—^(H)according to the commandments and doctrines of men? ^23 (I)These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and ^[e]neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

^16 (A)“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

³¹ Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.

⁵ who serve ^(A)the copy and ^(B)shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, ^(C)“See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Animal Sacrifices Insufficient

10 For the law, having a ^(A)shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, ^(B)can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.

^5 (A)One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. ⁶ He who ^(B)observes the day, observes it to the Lord; ^[a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for ^(C)he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.

²² But ^(A)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(B)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, ^(C)goodness, ^(D)faithfulness, ^23 [a]gentleness, self-control. ^(E)Against such there is no law.

The Promise of Rest

4 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, ^(A)let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. ² For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, ^[a]not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. ³ For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:

although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: ^(C)“And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; ⁵ and again in this place: ^(D)“They shall not enter My rest.”

⁶ Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, ⁷ again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said:

⁸ For if ^[b]Joshua had ^(F)given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. ⁹ There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. ¹⁰ For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

Our Citizenship in Heaven

¹⁷ Brethren, ^(A)join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as ^(B)you have us for a pattern. ¹⁸ For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are ^(C)the enemies of the cross of Christ: ^19 (D)whose end is destruction, ^(E)whose god is their belly, and ^(F)whose glory is in their shame—^(G)who set their mind on earthly things. ²⁰ For ^(H)our citizenship is in heaven, ^(I)from which we also ^(J)eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ^21 (K)who will transform our lowly body that it may be ^(L)conformed to His glorious body, ^(M)according to the working by which He is able even to ^(N)subdue all things to Himself.