Colossians 2:16-19

Amplified Bible

¹⁶Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. ¹⁷Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ. ¹⁸Let no one defraud you of your prize [your freedom in Christ and your salvation] by insisting on mock humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about visions [he claims] he has seen [to justify his authority], puffed up [in conceit] by his unspiritual mind, ¹⁹and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.

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Colossians 2:16-19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶Therefore, no one is to ^[a]^(A)act as your judge in regard to ^(B)food and ^(C)drink, or in respect to a ^(D)festival or a ^(E)new moon, or a ^(F)Sabbath ^[b]day— ¹⁷things which are only a ^(G)shadow of what is to come; but the ^[c]substance ^[d]belongs to Christ. ¹⁸Take care that no one keeps ^[e]^(H)defrauding you of your prize by ^(I)delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, ^[f]taking his stand on visions he has seen, ^[g]^(J)inflated without cause by his ^(K)fleshly mind, ¹⁹and not holding firmly to ^(L)the head, from whom ^(M)the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ^[h]ligaments, grows with a growth ^[i]which is from God.

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Footnotes

Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you
Colossians 2:16 Or days
Colossians 2:17 Lit body
Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ
Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you
Colossians 2:18 Or going into detail about
Colossians 2:18 Or conceited
Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds
Colossians 2:19 Lit of God

Colossians 2:16-19

New International Version

Freedom From Human Rules

¹⁶Therefore do not let anyone judge you^(A) by what you eat or drink,^(B) or with regard to a religious festival,^(C) a New Moon celebration^(D) or a Sabbath day.^(E) ¹⁷These are a shadow of the things that were to come;^(F) the reality, however, is found in Christ. ¹⁸Do not let anyone who delights in false humility^(G) and the worship of angels disqualify you.^(H) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. ¹⁹They have lost connection with the head,^(I) from whom the whole body,^(J) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.^(K)