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Colosenses 2
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2 Quiero que sepan que es grande la lucha que sostengo por ustedes y por los que están en Laodicea, lo mismo que por todos los que nunca me han visto personalmente, 2 para que su corazón se anime y para que permanezcan unidos en amor, hasta que alcancen todas las riquezas que provienen de la convicción y el entendimiento, para que conozcan el misterio de Dios el Padre y de Cristo, 3 en quien se hallan escondidos todos los tesoros de la sabiduría y del conocimiento. 4 Les digo esto para que nadie los engañe con palabras persuasivas, 5 porque aunque físicamente estoy lejos de ustedes, en el espíritu estoy entre ustedes, y me alegra ver su buen orden y la firmeza de su fe en Cristo.

6 Por tanto, vivan en el Señor Jesucristo de la manera que lo recibieron: 7 arraigados y sobreedificados en él, confirmados en la fe y rebosantes de acciones de gracias, que es como fueron enseñados.

Plenitud de vida en Cristo

8 Cuídense de que nadie los engañe mediante filosofías y huecas sutilezas, que siguen tradiciones humanas y principios de este mundo, pero que no van de acuerdo con Cristo. 9 Porque en él habita corporalmente toda la plenitud de la Deidad, 10 y en él, que es la cabeza de toda autoridad y poder, ustedes reciben esa plenitud. 11 En él ustedes fueron también circuncidados. Pero no me refiero a la circuncisión física, sino a la circuncisión que nos hace Cristo, y que consiste en despojarnos de la naturaleza pecaminosa. 12 Cuando ustedes fueron bautizados, fueron también sepultados con él, pero al mismo tiempo resucitaron con él, por la fe en el poder de Dios, que lo levantó de los muertos.(A) 13 Antes, ustedes estaban muertos en sus pecados; aún no se habían despojado de su naturaleza pecaminosa. Pero ahora, Dios les ha dado vida juntamente con él,(B) y les ha perdonado todos sus pecados. 14 Ha anulado el acta de los decretos que había contra nosotros y que nos era adversa; la quitó de en medio y la clavó en la cruz.(C) 15 Desarmó además a los poderes y las potestades, y los exhibió públicamente al triunfar sobre ellos en la cruz.

16 No permitan, pues, que nadie los juzgue por lo que comen o beben, o en relación con los días de fiesta, la luna nueva o los días de reposo.(D) 17 Todo esto no es más que una sombra de lo que está por venir; pero lo real y verdadero es Cristo. 18 No permitan que los condenen esos que se ufanan de humildad pero rinden culto a los ángeles. Los tales se meten en cosas que no han visto y están envanecidos por su razonamiento humano; 19 no están unidos a la Cabeza, que es quien nutre y une a todo el cuerpo mediante las coyunturas y ligamentos, y lo hace crecer con el crecimiento que da Dios.(E)

20 Si con Cristo ustedes han muerto a los principios de este mundo, ¿por qué, como si vivieran en el mundo, se someten a sus preceptos? 21 Les dicen: «No tomes eso en tus manos, no pruebes aquello, y ni siquiera lo toques.» 22 Esos preceptos se ciñen a mandamientos y doctrinas humanas, y todas ellas son cosas que se destruyen con el uso. 23 Sin duda, tales cosas pueden parecer sabias en cuanto a la religiosidad sumisa y el duro trato del cuerpo, pero no tienen ningún valor contra los apetitos humanos.

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Colossians 2
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2 I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those in Laodicea, as well as for those who have still not seen me face to face. 2 My purpose is that their hearts, joined together in love, may be encouraged. May they have all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, leading to a true knowledge of the mystery of God—that is, Messiah. 3 In Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden. [a] 4 I am telling you this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive-sounding arguments. 5 For even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit—rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your trust in Messiah.

Living Out the Mystery

6 Therefore as you received Messiah Yeshua as Lord, so continue to walk in Him— 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in your faith just as you were taught, overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men and the basic principles of the world rather than Messiah. 9 For all the fullness of Deity lives bodily in Him, 10 and in Him you have been filled to fullness. He is the head over every ruler and authority.

11 In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision done not by hand, in the stripping away of the body of the flesh through the circumcision of Messiah. 12 You were buried along with Him in immersion, through which you also were raised with Him by trusting in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with Him when He pardoned us all our transgressions. 14 He wiped out the handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us, which was hostile to us. He took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 After disarming the principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.[b]

The Danger of False Wisdom

16 Therefore, do not let anyone pass judgment on you in matters of food or drink, or in respect to a festival or new moon or Shabbat. [c] 17 These are a foreshadowing of things to come, but the reality is Messiah. [d] 18 Let no one disqualify you by insisting on false humility and worship of angels—going into detail about what he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind. 19 He is not holding fast to the Head. It is from Him that the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and tendons, grows with a godly increase. 20 If you died with Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why—as though living in the world—do you subject yourselves to their rules? 21 “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!” 22 These all lead to decay with use, based as they are on man-made commands and teachings. [e] 23 Indeed, these are matters that have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and self-denial of the body—yet none are of any value for stopping indulgence of the flesh.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:4 cf. Prov. 3:19; Isa. 11:2; 45:3.
  2. Colossians 2:15 Lit. in it or in Him.
  3. Colossians 2:17 cf. Lev 23:2-4, 2 Chr. 23:31; 2 Chr. 31:3; Neh. 10:33; Ps. 81:3; Isa. 66:23; Ezek. 46:1, etc.
  4. Colossians 2:18 Lit. the body is of Messiah.
  5. Colossians 2:23 cf. Isa. 29:13.
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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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