15 When he[a] had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of them in public, triumphing over them by it.[b]

Do Not Be Judged by Human Religious Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with reference to eating or[c] 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.

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Notas al pie

  1. Colossians 2:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had disarmed”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Colossians 2:15 Or “in him”
  3. Colossians 2:16 Some manuscripts have “and”

15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(A) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(B) by the cross.[a]

Freedom From Human Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(C) by what you eat or drink,(D) or with regard to a religious festival,(E) a New Moon celebration(F) or a Sabbath day.(G) 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(H) the reality, however, is found in Christ.

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  1. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him