13 (A)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God (B)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by (C)canceling (D)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 (E)He disarmed the rulers and authorities[a] and (F)put them to open shame, by (G)triumphing over them in him.[b]

Let No One Disqualify You

16 Therefore let no one (H)pass judgment on you (I)in questions of food and drink, or with regard to (J)a festival or (K)a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 (L)These are a shadow of the things to come, but (M)the substance belongs to Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:15 Probably demonic rulers and authorities
  2. Colossians 2:15 Or in it (that is, the cross)

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