Colossians 2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 For I want you to know how great a struggle(A) I have for you, for those in Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not seen me in person. 2 I want their hearts to be encouraged(C) and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery(D)—Christ.[a](E) 3 All the treasures of wisdom(F) and knowledge(G) are hidden in Him.
Christ versus the Colossian Heresy
4 I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments. 5 For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit,(H) rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.
6 Therefore, as you have received(I) Christ Jesus the Lord,(J) walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him(K) and established in the faith, just as you were taught,(L) overflowing with gratitude.
8 Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition,(M) based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.(N) 9 For the entire fullness(O) of God’s nature[b] dwells bodily[c] in Christ, 10 and you have been filled by Him, who is the head(P) over every ruler and authority. 11 You were also circumcised in Him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh,(Q) in the circumcision of the Messiah.[d](R) 12 Having been buried with Him(S) in baptism, you were also raised with Him(T) through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.(U) 13 And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses. 14 He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.(V) 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.[e](W)
16 Therefore, don’t let anyone judge(X) you in regard to food and drink(Y) or in the matter of a festival or a new moon(Z) or a Sabbath day.[f] 17 These are a shadow(AA) of what was to come;(AB) the substance is[g] the Messiah.(AC) 18 Let no one disqualify you,[h](AD) insisting on ascetic practices(AE) and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated(AF) without cause by his unspiritual[i] mind. 19 He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body,(AG) nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.
20 If you died with the Messiah(AH) to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: 21 “Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”? 22 All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men. 23 Although these have a reputation of wisdom(AI) by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.[j](AJ)
Footnotes
- Colossians 2:2 Other mss read mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ; other ms variations exist on this v.
- Colossians 2:9 Or of the deity
- Colossians 2:9 Or nature lives in a human body
- Colossians 2:11 = His death
- Colossians 2:15 Or them through it; = through the cross
- Colossians 2:16 Or or sabbaths
- Colossians 2:17 Or substance belongs to
- Colossians 2:18 Or no one cheat us out of your prize
- Colossians 2:18 Lit fleshly
- Colossians 2:23 Lit value against indulgence of the flesh
Colossians 2
English Standard Version
2 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, 2 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, 3 (F)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order (G)that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 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
6 (K)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 (L)rooted and (M)built up in him and (N)established in the faith, just (O)as you were taught, abounding (P)in thanksgiving.
8 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. 9 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
- Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20
- Colossians 2:15 Probably demonic rulers and authorities
- Colossians 2:15 Or in it (that is, the cross)
- Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen
Colosenses 2
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Preocupación de Pablo por los colosenses
2 Porque quiero que sepan qué gran lucha(A) tengo por ustedes y por los que están en Laodicea(B), y por todos los que no me han visto en persona[a]. 2 Espero que con esto sean alentados sus corazones(C), y unidos(D) en amor, alcancen todas las riquezas(E) que proceden de una plena seguridad de comprensión, resultando en un verdadero conocimiento del misterio de Dios[b](F), es decir, de Cristo[c](G), 3 en quien están escondidos todos los tesoros de la sabiduría y del conocimiento(H).
4 Esto lo digo(I) para que nadie los engañe con razonamientos persuasivos[d](J). 5 Porque aunque estoy ausente en el cuerpo[e], sin embargo estoy con ustedes en espíritu(K), regocijándome al ver[f] su buena disciplina[g](L) y la estabilidad de la fe de ustedes(M) en Cristo.
6 Por tanto, de la manera que recibieron a Cristo Jesús(N) el Señor, así anden[h] en Él(O); 7 firmemente arraigados(P) y edificados en Él(Q) y confirmados en[i] su fe(R), tal como fueron instruidos(S), rebosando de[j] gratitud.
Jesucristo: Dios, salvador y vencedor
8 Miren que nadie los haga cautivos(T) por medio de su filosofía y vanas sutilezas, según la tradición de los hombres(U), conforme a los principios[k] elementales del mundo(V) y no según Cristo. 9 Porque toda la plenitud de la Deidad reside(W) corporalmente en Él, 10 y ustedes han sido hechos completos[l] en Él(X), que es la cabeza sobre[m] todo poder y autoridad(Y).
11 También en Él ustedes fueron circuncidados con una circuncisión no hecha por manos(Z), al quitar el cuerpo de la carne(AA) mediante la circuncisión de Cristo; 12 habiendo sido sepultados con Él en el bautismo, en el cual también han resucitado con Él(AB) por la fe en la acción del poder de Dios, que lo resucitó de entre los muertos(AC).
13 Y cuando ustedes estaban muertos en[n] sus delitos(AD) y en la incircuncisión de su carne, Dios les dio vida juntamente con Cristo, habiéndonos[o] perdonado todos los delitos(AE), 14 habiendo cancelado el documento de deuda que consistía en decretos contra nosotros(AF) y que nos era adverso, y lo ha quitado de en medio, clavándolo en la cruz(AG). 15 Y habiendo despojado(AH) a los poderes y autoridades(AI), hizo de ellos un espectáculo público, triunfando sobre ellos por medio de Él[p].
Advertencias contra mandamientos de hombres
16 Por tanto, que nadie se constituya en juez de ustedes[q] con respecto a comida o bebida(AJ), o en cuanto a día de fiesta, o luna nueva, o día de reposo(AK), 17 cosas que solo son sombra de lo que ha de venir(AL), pero el cuerpo[r] pertenece a Cristo[s]. 18 Nadie los defraude de su premio[t](AM) deleitándose en la humillación de sí mismo[u](AN) y en la adoración de los ángeles, basándose en las visiones que ha visto, envanecido sin causa(AO) por su mente carnal(AP), 19 pero no asiéndose a la Cabeza(AQ), de la cual todo el cuerpo, nutrido y unido por las coyunturas y ligamentos[v], crece con un crecimiento(AR) que es de Dios.
20 Si ustedes han muerto con Cristo a los principios[w] elementales del mundo(AS), ¿por qué, como si aún vivieran en el mundo(AT), se someten a preceptos tales(AU) como: 21 «no manipules[x], no gustes, no toques», 22 (todos los cuales se refieren a cosas destinadas a perecer con el uso[y](AV)), según los preceptos y enseñanzas de los hombres(AW)? 23 Tales cosas tienen a la verdad, la apariencia de sabiduría en una religión humana[z], en la humillación de sí mismo[aa](AX) y en el trato severo del cuerpo(AY), pero carecen de valor alguno contra los apetitos de la carne(AZ).
Footnotes
- 2:1 Lit. mi rostro en la carne.
- 2:2 Algunos mss. dicen: de Dios el Padre.
- 2:2 I.e. el Mesías.
- 2:4 O sutiles.
- 2:5 Lit. en la carne.
- 2:5 Lit. y viendo.
- 2:5 O su buen orden.
- 2:6 O vivan.
- 2:7 O por.
- 2:7 Algunos mss. dicen: en ella con; otros: en ello con.
- 2:8 O las normas.
- 2:10 O han alcanzado plenitud.
- 2:10 Lit. de.
- 2:13 O por causa de.
- 2:13 Algunos mss. dicen: habiéndoles.
- 2:15 O ella; i.e. la cruz.
- 2:16 Lit. nadie los juzgue.
- 2:17 O la sustancia.
- 2:17 Lit. es de Cristo.
- 2:18 O Nadie juzgue contra ustedes.
- 2:18 O humildad.
- 2:19 Lit. ataduras,
- 2:20 O las normas.
- 2:21 O no manosees.
- 2:22 O siendo consumidas.
- 2:23 Lit. arbitraria, o autocreada.
- 2:23 O humildad.
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