17 things which are only a (A)shadow of what is to come; but the [a]substance [b]belongs to Christ. 18 Take care that no one keeps [c](B)defrauding you of your prize by (C)delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, [d]taking his stand on visions he has seen, [e](D)inflated without cause by his (E)fleshly mind, 19 and not holding firmly to (F)the head, from whom (G)the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and [f]ligaments, grows with a growth [g]which is from God.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:17 Lit body
  2. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ
  3. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you
  4. Colossians 2:18 Or going into detail about
  5. Colossians 2:18 Or conceited
  6. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds
  7. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God

17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(A) the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(B) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(C) 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,(D) from whom the whole body,(E) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(F)

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