Colossians 2
New American Standard Bible
You Are Built Up in Christ
2 For I want you to know how great a (A)struggle I have in your behalf and for those who are at (B)Laodicea, and for all those who have not [a]personally seen my face, 2 that their (C)hearts may be encouraged, having been (D)knit together in love, and that they would attain to all (E)the wealth [b]that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a (F)true knowledge of (G)God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all (H)the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 (I)I say this so that no one will deceive you with (J)persuasive arguments. 5 For even though I am (K)absent in body, I am nevertheless with you in spirit, rejoicing [c]to see [d]your (L)orderly manner and the (M)stability of your faith in Christ.
6 Therefore, as you have received (N)Christ Jesus the Lord, so [e](O)walk in Him, 7 having been firmly (P)rooted and now being (Q)built up in Him and (R)established [f]in [g]your faith, just as you (S)were instructed, and overflowing [h]with gratitude.
8 (T)See to it that there is no one who takes you captive through (U)philosophy and empty deception in accordance with human tradition, in accordance with the (V)elementary principles of the world, [i]rather than in accordance with Christ. 9 For in Him all the (W)fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10 and in Him you have been (X)made [j]complete, and (Y)He is the head [k]over every (Z)ruler and authority; 11 and in Him (AA)you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of (AB)the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been (AC)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also (AD)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who (AE)raised Him from the dead. 13 And [l]when you were (AF)dead [m]in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He (AG)made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, 14 having canceled (AH)the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and (AI)He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had [n](AJ)disarmed the (AK)rulers and authorities, He (AL)made a public display of them, having (AM)triumphed over them through [o]Him.
16 Therefore, no one is to [p](AN)act as your judge in regard to (AO)food and (AP)drink, or in respect to a (AQ)festival or a (AR)new moon, or a (AS)Sabbath [q]day— 17 things which are only a (AT)shadow of what is to come; but the [r]substance [s]belongs to Christ. 18 Take care that no one keeps [t](AU)defrauding you of your prize by (AV)delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, [u]taking his stand on visions he has seen, [v](AW)inflated without cause by his (AX)fleshly mind, 19 and not holding firmly to (AY)the head, from whom (AZ)the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and [w]ligaments, grows with a growth [x]which is from God.
20 (BA)If you have died with Christ [y]to the (BB)elementary principles of the world, (BC)why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to (BD)decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22 (which all refer (BE)to things destined to perish [z]with use)—in accordance with the (BF)commandments and teachings of man? 23 These are matters which do have the [aa]appearance of wisdom in [ab](BG)self-made religion and humility and (BH)severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against (BI)fleshly indulgence.
Footnotes
- Colossians 2:1 Lit in the flesh
- Colossians 2:2 Lit of the full assurance
- Colossians 2:5 Lit and seeing
- Colossians 2:5 Or your good order
- Colossians 2:6 Or lead your life
- Colossians 2:7 Or by
- Colossians 2:7 Or the faith
- Colossians 2:7 One early ms in it with
- Colossians 2:8 Lit and not
- Colossians 2:10 Lit full
- Colossians 2:10 Lit of
- Colossians 2:13 Or although
- Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of
- Colossians 2:15 Or divested Himself of
- Colossians 2:15 Or it; i.e., the cross
- 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 2:20 Lit from
- Colossians 2:22 Or by being consumed
- Colossians 2:23 Lit report; Gr logos
- Colossians 2:23 Or would-be religion
Colossians 2
King James Version
2 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
歌罗西书 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
2 我希望你们知道，为了你们和老底嘉人，以及许多从未和我见过面的人，我是怎样努力奋斗的， 2 为要使你们众人心受鼓励，联结在爱里，有丰富笃定的真知灼见，可以认识上帝的奥秘。这奥秘就是基督， 3 一切智慧和知识都蕴藏在祂里面。 4 我讲这番话是为了防止有人用花言巧语迷惑你们。 5 现在，我人虽不在你们那里，心却和你们在一起，看到你们生活井然有序，对基督坚信不移，我很喜乐。
生活以基督为中心
6 你们既然接受了基督耶稣为主，就当继续遵从祂， 7 按照你们所受的教导在祂里面扎根成长，信心坚固，满怀感恩。
8 你们要谨慎，免得有人用空洞虚假的哲学把你们掳去。这些哲学不是出于基督，而是出于人的传统和世俗的玄学。 9 因为上帝完全的神性有形有体地蕴藏在基督里， 10 你们在基督里得到了丰盛的生命。祂是一切执政者和掌权者的元首。
11 你们也在基督里受了非人手所行的割礼，是基督为除掉你们的罪恶本性而行的割礼。 12 你们接受洗礼时已经与基督一同埋葬了，并借着相信上帝使基督从死里复活的大能，与基督一同复活了。 13 你们从前死在过犯和未被割除的罪恶本性中，但现在上帝却使你们与基督一同活了过来。上帝赦免了我们一切的过犯， 14 撤销了指控我们违背律法的罪状，将它和基督一同钉在了十字架上， 15 打败了一切在灵界执政、掌权的邪恶势力，用基督在十字架上的胜利公开羞辱它们。
16 所以，不可让人在饮食、节期、朔日[a]或安息日的事上批评你们。 17 这些都不过是将来之事的影子，那真实的本体是基督。 18 有些人喜欢故作谦虚，敬拜天使，沉迷于所看见的幻象，你们不要因他们而失去得奖赏的资格。他们随从堕落的思想无故自高自大， 19 没有与身体的头——基督联结。全身是靠关节和筋络维系，从基督得到供应，按上帝的旨意渐渐成长。
20 你们既然和基督一同死了，摆脱了世俗的玄学，为什么仍像活在世俗中， 21 服从“不可拿、不可尝、不可摸”之类的规条呢？ 22 这些规条不过是人的戒律和说教，经不起实践的考验， 23 看似充满智慧，其实只不过是自创的宗教、自表谦卑、苦待己身，对于克制邪情私欲毫无用处。
Footnotes
- 2:16 “朔日”即每月初一。
Colossesi 2
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Preoccupazione di Paolo per la fede dei Colossesi
2 Voglio infatti che sappiate quale dura lotta io devo sostenere per voi, per quelli di Laodicèa e per tutti coloro che non mi hanno mai visto di persona, 2 perché i loro cuori vengano consolati e così, strettamente congiunti nell'amore, essi acquistino in tutta la sua ricchezza la piena intelligenza, e giungano a penetrare nella perfetta conoscenza del mistero di Dio, cioè Cristo, 3 nel quale sono nascosti tutti i tesori della sapienza e della scienza. 4 Dico questo perché nessuno vi inganni con argomenti seducenti, 5 perché, anche se sono lontano con il corpo, sono tra voi con lo spirito e gioisco al vedere la vostra condotta ordinata e la saldezza della vostra fede in Cristo.
II. FARE ATTENZIONE AGLI ERRORI
Vivere secondo la fede nel Cristo
6 Camminate dunque nel Signore Gesù Cristo, come l'avete ricevuto, 7 ben radicati e fondati in lui, saldi nella fede come vi è stato insegnato, abbondando nell'azione di grazie. 8 Badate che nessuno vi inganni con la sua filosofia e con vuoti raggiri ispirati alla tradizione umana, secondo gli elementi del mondo e non secondo Cristo.
Il Cristo, unico vero capo degli uomini e degli angeli
9 E' in Cristo che abita corporalmente tutta la pienezza della divinità, 10 e voi avete in lui parte alla sua pienezza, di lui cioè che è il capo di ogni Principato e di ogni Potestà. 11 In lui voi siete stati anche circoncisi, di una circoncisione però non fatta da mano di uomo, mediante la spogliazione del nostro corpo di carne, ma della vera circoncisione di Cristo. 12 Con lui infatti siete stati sepolti insieme nel battesimo, in lui anche siete stati insieme risuscitati per la fede nella potenza di Dio, che lo ha risuscitato dai morti. 13 Con lui Dio ha dato vita anche a voi, che eravate morti per i vostri peccati e per l'incirconcisione della vostra carne, perdonandoci tutti i peccati, 14 annullando il documento scritto del nostro debito, le cui condizioni ci erano sfavorevoli. Egli lo ha tolto di mezzo inchiodandolo alla croce; 15 avendo privato della loro forza i Principati e le Potestà ne ha fatto pubblico spettacolo dietro al corteo trionfale di Cristo.
Contro la falsa ascesi, secondo gli "elementi del mondo"
16 Nessuno dunque vi condanni più in fatto di cibo o di bevanda, o riguardo a feste, a noviluni e a sabati: 17 tutte cose queste che sono ombra delle future; ma la realtà invece è Cristo! 18 Nessuno v'impedisca di conseguire il premio, compiacendosi in pratiche di poco conto e nella venerazione degli angeli, seguendo le proprie pretese visioni, gonfio di vano orgoglio nella sua mente carnale, 19 senza essere stretto invece al capo, dal quale tutto il corpo riceve sostentamento e coesione per mezzo di giunture e legami, realizzando così la crescita secondo il volere di Dio.
20 Se pertanto siete morti con Cristo agli elementi del mondo, perché lasciarvi imporre, come se viveste ancora nel mondo, dei precetti quali 21 «Non prendere, non gustare, non toccare»? 22 Tutte cose destinate a scomparire con l'uso: sono infatti prescrizioni e insegnamenti di uomini! 23 Queste cose hanno una parvenza di sapienza, con la loro affettata religiosità e umiltà e austerità riguardo al corpo, ma in realtà non servono che per soddisfare la carne.
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