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Yo quiero que sepan que estoy luchando mucho, tanto por ustedes, los de la iglesia en el pueblo de Laodicea, como por los que no me conocen personalmente. Y lucho para animarlos a todos, y para que se mantengan unidos en el amor de Cristo, y así lleguen a tener la plena seguridad de comprender todo el plan que Dios y Cristo habían mantenido en secreto. Todas las riquezas de la sabiduría y del conocimiento se encuentran presentes en Cristo. Les digo esto para que nadie los engañe con frases bonitas, pero falsas. Porque, aunque no estoy con ustedes, siempre los recuerdo y me alegro de saber que son ordenados, y que siguen confiando plenamente en Jesucristo.

La vida nueva que Cristo da

Ustedes han aceptado a Jesucristo como su dueño y Señor. Por eso, deben vivir como a él le agrada. Tal como se les enseñó, confíen cada vez más en él, y vivan obedeciendo sus enseñanzas para ser cada vez mejores, y den siempre gracias a Dios.

Tengan cuidado. No presten atención a los que quieren engañarlos con ideas y razonamientos que parecen contener sabiduría, pero que sólo son enseñanzas humanas. Esa gente obedece a los espíritus poderosos de este mundo, y no a Cristo.

Cristo es completamente igual a Dios, 10 y reina sobre todos los espíritus que tienen poder y autoridad. A ustedes no les falta nada, pues están unidos a Cristo.

11 Los judíos se circuncidan en señal de que son parte del pueblo de Dios. Pero a ustedes Dios los hizo parte de su pueblo al unirlos a Cristo, y así les quitó el deseo de seguir pecando. Ésa fue la circuncisión que Dios mismo les hizo. 12 Cuando ustedes fueron bautizados, fueron sepultados con Cristo. Y resucitaron con él, porque confiaron en el poder de Dios. 13 Antes, ustedes estaban muertos, pues eran pecadores y no formaban parte del pueblo de Dios. Pero ahora Dios les ha dado vida junto con Cristo, y les ha perdonado todos sus pecados. 14 La ley escrita estaba en contra de nosotros, pero Dios le puso fin por medio de la muerte de Cristo en la cruz. 15 Dios les quitó el poder a los espíritus que tienen autoridad, y por medio de Cristo los humilló delante de todos, al pasearlos como prisioneros en su desfile victorioso.

16 No dejen que nadie los critique por lo que comen o beben, o porque no celebran ciertas fiestas ni respetan los días de luna nueva o de descanso. 17 Todo eso no era más que la sombra engañosa de lo que estaba por venir. Lo real y verdadero es Cristo. 18 Así que no dejen que nadie los condene, y menos esa gente que adora a los ángeles y que aparenta ser humilde. Dicen que ven visiones, pero mienten. Sus pensamientos los llenan de orgullo, pero sólo piensan cosas malas. 19 Esa gente no está unida a Cristo, que es quien gobierna a la iglesia y quien le da más y más fuerzas. Cristo le da a la iglesia todo lo que necesita, y une a todos sus miembros de acuerdo con el plan de Dios.

Vivir como Dios quiere

20 Ustedes están unidos a Cristo por medio de su muerte en la cruz, y ya no están sometidos a los espíritus que gobiernan este mundo. Entonces, ¿por qué se comportan como si todavía estuvieran bajo su dominio? ¿Por qué obedecen a quienes les dicen 21 «no toquen esto», «no coman eso», «no prueben aquello»? 22 Esas reglas no son más que enseñanzas humanas, que con el tiempo van perdiendo su valor. 23 No se puede negar que son útiles, porque enseñan acerca de la conducta religiosa, la humildad y el dominio del cuerpo. Pero lo cierto es que no ayudan a combatir los malos deseos de nuestra naturaleza humana.

Wajbˈila tuˈn kybˈintiˈy, qa tok tilil wuˈn kujxix wen, tuˈn kyel wena toj kynimbˈila, ex ikyxjo kyeˈ aj tnam Laodicey, ex kykyaqilxjo a naˈmx wiwliˈy kyuˈn. Nchin aqˈniˈn tuˈn tnimsit kykˈuˈj toj kynimbˈil, ex tuˈn kymujbˈinte kyibˈ, noq tuˈnjo kyqˈaqˈbˈil kykˈuˈj kyxolx; ex noq tuˈn tel kynikyˈxix wen tiˈj tkyaqil t‑xilin Tyol Dios, ex tuˈn tqe kykˈuˈj tiˈjjo a ewintaq ojtxe tuˈn Dios, a Crist ewintaq. Quˈn noq tuˈn Jesús, o tzˈele pjet tkyaqiljo tqˈinimil t‑xilin nabˈl ex jniˈ ojtzqibˈl.

Tkyaqiljo luˈn nxi nqˈmaˈn kyeˈy, tuˈn mina chi kubˈ sbˈuˈn tuˈn juntl xnaqˈtzbˈil, a tbˈanilxnaj tqˈumle, me nya twutzx. Exla qa ntiˈqiˈn kyxola, me nimxix nchin ximiˈn kyiˈja, nyakuj tzeˈnku intiˈn kyxola. Ex nchin tzalaja tuˈn nxi nbˈiˈn qa at nukˈbˈil kyxola, ex qa waˈlqexixa toj kynimbˈila tiˈj Crist.

Jun akˈaj chwinqil tuˈn Jesucrist

Ikytziˈn tzeˈnku xi xkye akˈaj kychwinqila tukˈa qAjaw Jesucrist te tnejil noq tuˈn kynimbˈila; ikytzin tuˈn kybˈetejiˈy jaˈlin tukˈa, toj tkyaqil. Jun nimil ikyjo, ikyx tzeˈnku jun tze, a nimxix ma txaˈye tlokˈ toj txˈotxˈ, tuˈn tchˈiy wen, ex tuˈntzin mi yekje. Ex ikytzin jun nimiljo qa ma qexix tkˈuˈj tiˈjjo nimbˈil twutzxix, a tzaj xnaqˈtzin te, nlay jaw kaˈmin tkˈuˈj tojjo tnimbˈil, ex kukx nqˈoˈn chjonte te qMan Dios.

Tuˈnpetziˈn, kyqˈonktziˈn tilil tuˈn mina chi kubˈ sbˈuˈniˈy kyuˈnxjal, a nya twutzxix kyyol, ex nimxix t‑xilin kynabˈl tuˈn kysbˈun. Quˈn atziˈn kyxnaqˈtzbˈil, ntiˈ tumil, quˈn nya tzajnin tiˈj Crist; qalaˈ tiˈjjo kyxnaqˈtzbˈil ojtxe xjal, ex tiˈjjo jun ojtxe kawbˈil, a ntiˈ tumil.

Me ate Jesucrist, ax Diosjo, quˈn tiˈjxjo Crist, a ichin skˈoˈnxix tuˈn Dios, yekˈineˈ tkyaqiljo t‑xilin qMan. 10 Ex ayetzin kyeˈ tzˈaqleqexixa tuˈn kymujbˈil kyibˈa tukˈa Jesucrist, ex tuˈn najle Crist toj kyanmiˈn. Ex ax Jesús at nimxixtl toklin tibˈaj tkyaqil nmaq nejinel ex jniˈ kawbˈil. 11 Ex noq tuˈn kymujbˈil kyibˈa tukˈa Crist, ma chi oka nyakuj at kyechila. Me nyateljo tzeˈnku kyij ttzˈibˈin Moisés, tuˈn tok qitittaq tiˈj kytzˈumil xjal ojtxe, ex tuˈn tel paˈyit chˈin kytzˈumil kyiˈj, ex tuˈn ikyjo, tuˈn kykyijxjal toj wen tukˈa Dios; quˈn at juntl wiql paˈbˈl te qe jaˈlin: Noq tuˈn ma tzˈel qpaˈn qibˈ tiˈj ojtxe qten, ajo tkyaqil il, ex tiˈjjo jniˈ nya wen tokxtaq toj qanmin, aku bˈant tuˈn qkyij toj wen tukˈa Dios. Atziˈn tkabˈ paˈbˈl lo, axixsinte akˈaj techiljo toj qanmin, a tzajnin tiˈj Crist. 12 Tuˈnpetziˈn, tej qkuˈx toj aˈ te jawsbˈil aˈ, nyakuj o qo kyim tojjo ojtxe qten, ex nyakuj o qo kux muqet junx tukˈa Crist, tej tkuˈx toj txˈotxˈ. Ex tej qjatz toj aˈ, jun techil qa ma qo jaw itzˈje tukˈa jun akˈaj qchwinqil, ikyxjo tzeˈnku jaw itzˈje te Jesús juntl majl kyxol kyimnin. Ex a teˈ akˈaj qchwinqil ma tzaj qkˈmoˈn noq tuˈn qnimbˈil tiˈj tipin Dios, a jatz anqˈin Jesús tuˈn.

13 Tej naˈmtaq tel kypaˈn kyibˈa tiˈjjo ojtxe kyteˈn, kyimninqetaqa twutz Dios, ex otaq chi naja toj kyila. Me atziˈn jaˈlin, ma tzaj tqˈoˈn qMan Dios akˈaj kychwinqila junx tukˈa Jesucrist; ex noq tuˈn Jesús, o najsit tkyaqil kyila. 14 Noq tuˈn tpaj qil, at jun qkˈas twutz Dios, a nqanintaq qiˈj tuˈn qkyim, ikyxjo tzeˈnku ntqˈmaˈn ojtxe tkawbˈil Dios. Ex ojtxe, iltaq tiˈj tuˈn tkyim jun aj il twutz cruz tjaqˈ jun tuˈjil til, a pejkˈinktaq tibˈaj twiˈ. Me atzin te Jesús, ntiˈ til, me xi tqˈoˈn tibˈ te qxel tuˈn tchjet tkyaqil qil, nyakuj ma tzˈok pejkˈit tuˈjil qil junx tukˈa, tej tkyim twutz cruz tuˈn qpaj.

15 Tej tkyim Jesús twutz cruz, ex tej tjaw anqˈin juntl majl kyxol kyimnin, kubˈ tyekˈin kywutz kykyaqilxjal, qa at nimxixtl tipin tibˈaj tkyaqil nmaq nejinel ex tibˈaj tajaw kyimin, ex tibˈaj tkyaqil kawbˈil toj tchˈiysbˈin Dios, ex kubˈ tchikyˈbˈinxix wen qa o kanbˈin tibˈaj tkyaqiljo luˈn.

Il tiˈj tuˈn tkubˈ qnimin Tyol Dios, a twutzxix

16 Tuˈnpetziˈn, mi txi kyqˈoˈn ambˈil kyexjal tuˈn kyyolbˈin kyiˈja noq tuˈn tpaj ojtxe kawbˈil, tzeˈnku tiˈ tuˈn t‑xi kywaˈn, ex tiˈ tuˈn kyxi kykˈwaˈn; ex tuˈn tpajjo nintz qˈij nchi ikyˈsit, mo kyiˈjjo xim tiˈj neˈẍ yaye, mo tuˈn tpajjo tuˈn tbˈant jun tiˈla kyuˈn toj qˈij te ajlabˈl. 17 Quˈn kykyaqiljo luˈn n‑ajbˈintaq ojtxe noq te jun techil tiˈjjo akˈaj tumil, a iltaq tiˈj tuˈn tul, tuˈn kykyijxjal toj wen tukˈa Dios. Quˈn tkyaqiljo luˈn, a tzajnin toj ojtxe kawbˈil, ikytziˈn tzeˈnku jun t‑xlekemil, a jun paqx n‑ikyˈ. Me atziˈn jaˈlin, ate Crist, a twutzxix, o tzul te jun majx, ex tkyaqiljo txqantl, nlay chi mojin qukˈa toj qnimbˈil. 18 Quˈn tkyaqiljo luˈn noqx jun kyximxjal, ex ntiˈ tumil. Aye xjal luˈn noq n‑ok kyqˈoˈn kyibˈ te wenxix, me oˈkx nchi xnaqˈtzin tiˈjjo a kyaj, ex kyiˈjjo kywutzikyˈ, ex qa il tiˈj tuˈn qkˈulin kywutz angel. Me ayeˈ xjal lo, noq nkynimsin kyibˈ kywutzxjal, me ntiˈ tumil tuˈn qxi lipe kyiˈj. Quˈn qa ma kyij qtzaqpiˈnqe Tbˈanil Tqanil tiˈj Jesús, okla qo najil, ex ntiˈla jun oyaj te qe toj kyaˈj.

19 Aye xnaqˈtzil lo, ntiˈ kymujbˈil kyibˈ tukˈa Jesucrist, a wibˈaj tibˈaj tkyaqil Ttanim Dios, a axjo t‑xmilil Crist. Atziˈn Crist tok te wiˈbˈaj, atzin nchˈiysin teˈ t‑xmilil, a Ttanim Dios: Nqo tzaj tkˈaˈchin, ex nqo ok tmujbˈin toj tumil tuˈntzin qchˈiy, tzeˈnkuxjo tajbˈil qMan Dios.

20 Ayetzin kyeˈ, o chi kyim kyeˈ tukˈa Crist, tej ttzaj tqˈoˈn akˈaj kychwinqila. Tuˈn ikyjo, o chi tzaqpaja tjaqˈ jniˈ nmaq kawbˈil ex tkyaqil xnaqˈtzbˈil kyuˈnxjal, a nya tzˈaqleqe. Qatzin qa ikyjo, ¿Titzin quˈntz tzunx nchi anqˈiˈn nyakuj jun nya nimil, ex nkubˈ kyniminjiˈy a kyxnaqˈtzbˈilxjal, a nya toj tumil nqˈumle, 21 aj ttzaj kyqˈmaˈn kyjaluˈn: Mi tzaj kytzyuˈnjiˈy luˈn, ex mi txi kywaˈnjiˈy luˈn, ex mi tzˈok kymekoˈnjiˈy luˈn? chi chiˈ. 22 Quˈn tkyaqiljo xnaqˈtzbˈil luˈn, ok kbˈajil liwey, quˈn noq xnaqˈtzbˈilku ex noq kyximxjal.

23 Tkyaqiljo xnaqˈtzbˈil lo nyakuj at tumil, quˈn tuˈn nkubˈ kymutxsin kyibˈ tuˈn, ex nkubˈ kykyˈixbˈin kyxmilil tuˈn, ex kujxixjo lo tuˈn tjapin. Me tkyaqiljo luˈn ntiˈ tumil tuˈn ttxˈixpit qanmin tuˈn, tiˈj tkyaqiljo nya wen, a ntqanin ojtxe qten.

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. 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, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(E) I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.(F) 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

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

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.

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

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.