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Pues quiero que sepan que estoy luchando duramente por ustedes, por los de Laodicea y por todos los que no me han visto personalmente. Lucho para que ellos reciban ánimo en su corazón, para que permanezcan unidos en amor y enriquecidos con un perfecto entendimiento que les permita comprender el designio secreto de Dios, que es Cristo mismo; pues en él están encerradas todas las riquezas de la sabiduría y del conocimiento. Esto se lo digo a ustedes para que nadie los engañe con palabras seductoras. Pues aunque no estoy presente entre ustedes en persona, lo estoy en espíritu, y me alegra ver que tienen orden y que se mantienen firmes en su fe en Cristo.

Por eso, habiendo recibido a Jesucristo como su Señor, deben comportarse como quienes pertenecen a Cristo, con profundas raíces en él, firmemente basados en él por la fe, como se les enseñó, y dando siempre gracias a Dios.

Tengan cuidado: no se dejen llevar por quienes los quieren engañar con teorías y argumentos falsos, pues ellos no se apoyan en Cristo, sino en las tradiciones de los hombres y en los poderes que dominan este mundo.

Porque toda la plenitud de Dios se encuentra visiblemente en Cristo, 10 y en él Dios los hace experimentar todo su poder, pues Cristo es cabeza de todos los seres espirituales que tienen poder y autoridad. 11 En él también, ustedes han sido circuncidados, no con una circuncisión hecha por los hombres, sino con la circuncisión hecha por Dios al unirlos a Cristo y despojarlos de su naturaleza pecadora. 12 Al ser bautizados, ustedes fueron sepultados con Cristo, y fueron también resucitados con él, porque creyeron en el poder de Dios, que lo resucitó. 13 Ustedes, en otro tiempo, estaban muertos espiritualmente a causa de sus pecados y por no haberse despojado de su naturaleza pecadora; pero ahora Dios les ha dado vida juntamente con Cristo, en quien nos ha perdonado todos los pecados. 14 Dios anuló el documento de deuda que había contra nosotros y que nos obligaba; lo eliminó clavándolo en la cruz. 15 Dios despojó de su poder a los seres espirituales que tienen potencia y autoridad, y por medio de Cristo los humilló públicamente llevándolos como prisioneros en su desfile victorioso.

16 Por tanto, que nadie los critique a ustedes por lo que comen o beben, o por cuestiones tales como días de fiesta, lunas nuevas o sábados. 17 Todo esto no es más que la sombra de lo que ha de venir, pero la verdadera realidad es Cristo. 18 No dejen que los condenen esos que se hacen pasar por muy humildes y que dan culto a los ángeles, que pretenden tener visiones y que se hinchan de orgullo a causa de sus pensamientos humanos. 19 Ellos no están unidos a la cabeza, la cual hace crecer todo el cuerpo al alimentarlo y unir cada una de sus partes conforme al plan de Dios.

La solidaridad con Cristo

20 Ustedes han muerto con Cristo y ya no están sujetos a los poderes que dominan este mundo. ¿Por qué, pues, viven como si todavía fueran del mundo, sometidos a reglas tales 21 como: «No toques eso, no comas aquello, no lo tomes en tus manos»? 22 Todas estas reglas tienen que ver con cosas que se acaban con el uso, y sólo son mandatos y enseñanzas de hombres. 23 Es verdad que tales cosas pueden parecer sabias, porque exigen cierta religiosidad y humildad y duro trato del cuerpo, pero son cosas que no honran a nadie, pues sólo sirven para satisfacer los deseos puramente humanos.

Not Philosophy but Christ

For I want you to know what a great (A)conflict[a] I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, [b]both of the Father and of Christ, (B)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Now this I say (C)lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. For (D)though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing [c]to see (E)your good order and the (F)steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

(G)As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, (H)rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding [d]in it with thanksgiving.

Beware lest anyone [e]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to (I)the tradition of men, according to the (J)basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For (K)in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead [f]bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the (L)head of all [g]principality and power.

Not Legalism but Christ

11 In Him you were also (M)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (N)putting off the body [h]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (O)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through (P)faith in the working of God, (Q)who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 (R)having wiped out the [i]handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 (S)Having disarmed (T)principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

16 So let no one (U)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [j]festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 (V)which are a shadow of things to come, but the [k]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 [l]not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to (W)the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, (X)grows with the increase that is from God.

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

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:1 struggle
  2. Colossians 2:2 NU omits both of the Father and
  3. Colossians 2:5 Lit. and seeing
  4. Colossians 2:7 NU omits in it
  5. Colossians 2:8 Lit. plunder you or take you captive
  6. Colossians 2:9 in bodily form
  7. Colossians 2:10 rule and authority
  8. Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
  9. Colossians 2:14 certificate of debt with its
  10. Colossians 2:16 feast day
  11. Colossians 2:17 Lit. body
  12. Colossians 2:18 NU omits not
  13. Colossians 2:20 NU, M omit Therefore
  14. Colossians 2:23 severe treatment, asceticism

For I want you to know (A)how great a (B)struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that (C)their hearts may be encouraged, being (D)knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of (E)God's mystery, which is Christ, (F)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order (G)that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For (H)though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your (I)good order and (J)the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Alive in Christ

(K)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, (L)rooted and (M)built up in him and (N)established in the faith, just (O)as you were taught, abounding (P)in thanksgiving.

See to it that no one takes you captive by (Q)philosophy and (R)empty deceit, according to (S)human tradition, according to the (T)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. For (U)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (V)bodily, 10 and (W)you have been filled in him, who is (X)the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also (Y)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by (Z)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (AA)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (AB)you were also raised with him through faith in (AC)the powerful working of God, (AD)who raised him from the dead. 13 (AE)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God (AF)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by (AG)canceling (AH)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 (AI)He disarmed the rulers and authorities[b] and (AJ)put them to open shame, by (AK)triumphing over them in him.[c]

Let No One Disqualify You

16 Therefore let no one (AL)pass judgment on you (AM)in questions of food and drink, or with regard to (AN)a festival or (AO)a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 (AP)These are a shadow of the things to come, but (AQ)the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one (AR)disqualify you, (AS)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, (AT)going on in detail about visions,[d] (AU)puffed up without reason by (AV)his sensuous mind, 19 and (AW)not (AX)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

20 If with Christ (AY)you died to the (AZ)elemental spirits of the world, (BA)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 (BB)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ((BC)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to (BD)human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in (BE)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are (BF)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20
  2. Colossians 2:15 Probably demonic rulers and authorities
  3. Colossians 2:15 Or in it (that is, the cross)
  4. Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen

我願意你們知道,我為你們和在老底嘉的人,以及所有沒有跟我見過面的人,是怎樣竭力奮鬥, 為的是要他們的心得著勉勵,在愛中彼此聯繫,可以得著憑悟性、因確信而來的一切豐盛,也可以充分認識 神的奧祕,這奧祕就是基督; 一切智慧和知識的寶庫都蘊藏在基督裡面。 我說這些話,免得有人用花言巧語欺騙你們。 我雖然不在你們那裡,心卻與你們同在。我看見你們循規蹈矩,並且對基督有堅定的信心,就歡喜了。

在基督裡得豐盛

你們怎樣接受了基督耶穌為主,就當照樣在他裡面行事為人, 按著你們所領受的教導,在他裡面扎根、建造,信心堅定,滿有感謝的心。 你們要謹慎,免得有人不照著基督,而照著人的傳統,和世俗的言論,藉著哲學和騙人的空談,把你們擄去。 因為 神本性的一切豐盛,都有形有體地住在基督裡面, 10 你們也是在他裡面得了豐盛。他是一切執政掌權者的元首。 11 你們也在他裡面受了不是由人手所行的割禮,而是受了基督的割禮,就是除掉你們的罪身。 12 你們在洗禮中已經與他一同埋葬,也在洗禮中,因信那使基督從死人中復活的 神所運行的動力,與他一同復活了。 13 你們因著過犯和肉體未受割禮,原是死的,然而 神赦免了我們的一切過犯,使你們與基督一同活過來, 14 塗抹了那寫在規條上反對我們、與我們為敵的字句,並且把這字句從我們中間拿去,釘在十字架上。 15 他既然靠著十字架勝過了一切執政掌權的,廢除了他們的權勢,就在凱旋的行列中,把他們公開示眾。

16 所以不要讓人因著飲食、節期、月朔、安息日批評你們, 17 這些不過是將來的事的影子,那真體卻是屬於基督的。 18 不要讓人奪去你們的獎賞,他們以故意謙卑,敬拜天使為樂;迷於自己所見過的;憑著肉體的意念,無故地自高自大; 19 不與頭緊密相連。其實全身都是藉著關節和筋絡從頭得著供應和聯繫,就照著 神所要求的,生長起來。

在基督裡作新人

20-21 你們若與基督一同死了,脫離了世俗的言論,為甚麼仍然好像活在世俗中一樣,拘守那“不可摸、不可嘗、不可觸”的規條呢? 22 (這一切東西,一經使用,就都朽壞了。)這些規條是照著人的命令和教訓而定的, 23 在隨著己意敬拜,故作謙卑,和苦待己身等事上,似乎是智慧之言,其實只能叫人放縱肉體,再沒有任何價值。