Colossians 2
21st Century King James Version
2 For I would that ye knew how great is my conflict for you and for those 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 unto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may acknowledge 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 am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order and the steadfastness 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 established in the faith as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, following the tradition of men according to the rudiments of the world, and not in accordance with Christ.
9 For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power,
11 and 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 Ye are buried with Him in baptism, wherein ye also are risen with Him through the faith wrought by the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and in 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. He took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross;
15 and having despoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat or drink, or in respect to a holy day or the new moon or 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 by feigned humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 and not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, having nourishment ministered and knit together by joints and bands, increaseth with the increase from God.
20 Therefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to its ordinances
21 (“Touch not, taste not, handle not,”
22 which all are to perish with the using), according to the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 These things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humility and neglecting of the body, but are not in any honor against the satisfying of the flesh.
歌羅西書 2
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
2 我願意你們曉得，我為你們和老底嘉人，並一切沒有與我親自見面的人，是何等地盡心竭力， 2 要叫他們的心得安慰，因愛心互相聯絡，以致豐豐足足在悟性中有充足的信心，使他們真知神的奧祕，就是基督， 3 所積蓄的一切智慧知識都在他裡面藏著。 4 我說這話，免得有人用花言巧語迷惑你們。 5 我身子雖與你們相離，心卻與你們同在，見你們循規蹈矩，信基督的心也堅固，我就歡喜了。
6 你們既然接受了主基督耶穌，就當遵他而行， 7 在他裡面生根建造，信心堅固，正如你們所領的教訓，感謝的心也更增長了。
防避不合真理的學問
8 你們要謹慎，恐怕有人用他的理學和虛空的妄言，不照著基督，乃照人間的遺傳和世上的小學，就把你們擄去。 9 因為神本性一切的豐盛，都有形有體地居住在基督裡面； 10 你們在他裡面也得了豐盛。他是各樣執政掌權者的元首。 11 你們在他裡面也受了不是人手所行的割禮，乃是基督使你們脫去肉體情慾的割禮。 12 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裡復活神的功用。
在罪中死蒙恩得活
13 你們從前在過犯和未受割禮的肉體中死了，神赦免了你們[a]一切過犯，便叫你們與基督一同活過來， 14 又塗抹了在律例上所寫攻擊我們、有礙於我們的字據，把它撤去，釘在十字架上。 15 既將一切執政的、掌權的擄來，明顯給眾人看，就仗著十字架誇勝。
16 所以，不拘在飲食上或節期、月朔、安息日，都不可讓人論斷你們。 17 這些原是後事的影兒，那形體卻是基督。 18 不可讓人因著故意謙虛和敬拜天使，就奪去你們的獎賞。這等人拘泥在所見過的[b]，隨著自己的慾心，無故地自高自大， 19 不持定元首。全身既然靠著他，筋節得以相助聯絡，就因神大得長進。
不要在世俗中活著
20 你們若是與基督同死，脫離了世上的小學，為什麼仍像在世俗中活著，服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？ 22 這都是照人所吩咐所教導的。說到這一切，正用的時候就都敗壞了。 23 這些規條使人徒有智慧之名，用私意崇拜，自表謙卑，苦待己身，其實在克制肉體的情慾上是毫無功效。
Colossians 2
New King James Version
Not Philosophy but Christ
2 For I want you to know what a great (A)conflict[a] I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, [b]both of the Father and of Christ, 3 (B)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 Now this I say (C)lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. 5 For (D)though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing [c]to see (E)your good order and the (F)steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 (G)As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 (H)rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding [d]in it with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest anyone [e]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to (I)the tradition of men, according to the (J)basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For (K)in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead [f]bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the (L)head of all [g]principality and power.
Not Legalism but Christ
11 In Him you were also (M)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (N)putting off the body [h]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (O)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through (P)faith in the working of God, (Q)who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 (R)having wiped out the [i]handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 (S)Having disarmed (T)principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
16 So let no one (U)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [j]festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 (V)which are a shadow of things to come, but the [k]substance is of Christ. 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has [l]not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to (W)the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, (X)grows with the increase that is from God.
20 [m]Therefore, if you (Y)died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, (Z)why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— 21 (AA)“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” 22 which all concern things which perish with the using—(AB)according to the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 (AC)These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and [n]neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Footnotes
- Colossians 2:1 struggle
- Colossians 2:2 NU omits both of the Father and
- Colossians 2:5 Lit. and seeing
- Colossians 2:7 NU omits in it
- Colossians 2:8 Lit. plunder you or take you captive
- Colossians 2:9 in bodily form
- Colossians 2:10 rule and authority
- Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
- Colossians 2:14 certificate of debt with its
- Colossians 2:16 feast day
- Colossians 2:17 Lit. body
- Colossians 2:18 NU omits not
- Colossians 2:20 NU, M omit Therefore
- Colossians 2:23 severe treatment, asceticism
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.
Cô-lô-se 2
New Vietnamese Bible
Phao-lô Lo Ngại Cho Các Tín Hữu Cô-lô-se
2 Tôi mong muốn anh chị em biết tôi đã tranh đấu cam go thế nào cho anh chị em, cho các tín hữu Lao-đi-xê và cho tất cả các anh chị em chưa từng gặp mặt tôi, 2 ngõ hầu họ được khích lệ trong lòng và hợp nhất trong tình yêu thương, được tất cả sự phong phú của tri thức chắc chắn mà hiểu thấu huyền nhiệm của Đức Chúa Trời, tức là Chúa Cứu Thế. 3 Trong Ngài ẩn chứa mọi kho tàng của sự khôn ngoan và tri thức.
4 Tôi nói với anh chị em điều ấy để không một ai trong anh chị em bị lừa gạt bởi những lời thuyết phục lôi cuốn. 5 Vì dù thân tôi xa vắng, nhưng tâm linh tôi vẫn hiện diện với anh chị em, tôi vui mừng khi thấy anh chị em giữ vững hàng ngũ trật tự và đức tin vững vàng trong Chúa Cứu Thế.
6 Vậy, vì anh chị em đã tiếp nhận Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su là Chúa, hãy bước đi trong Ngài, 7 hãy đâm rễ và xây nền trong Ngài, tăng cường đức tin như anh chị em đã được dạy dỗ, và chan chứa lời cảm tạ.
8 Hãy cẩn thận, đừng để ai lường gạt mình với triết lý giả dối và rỗng tuếch dựa vào truyền thống của loài người, theo nguyên tắc của thế gian, chứ không theo Chúa Cứu Thế.
9 Vì trong Ngài tất cả đầy đủ thần tính Đức Chúa Trời ngự trong thân xác, 10 và cũng ở trong Ngài mà anh chị em nhận được sự sống sung mãn. Ngài cầm quyền tối cao trên tất cả các bậc lãnh đạo và giới thẩm quyền. 11 Cũng trong Ngài, anh chị em chịu cắt bì không phải bởi tay con người nhưng được “cắt bì” bởi Chúa Cứu Thế tức là lột bỏ bản chất xác thịt. 12 Khi chịu báp-tem, anh chị em được đồng chôn với Chúa, và trong Ngài anh chị em được đồng sống lại bởi đức tin nơi quyền năng tác động của Đức Chúa Trời, là Đấng đã làm cho Ngài sống lại từ cõi chết.
13 Trước kia, anh chị em đã chết vì các tội ác và vì bản tính xác thịt mình chưa được cắt bì, nhưng Đức Chúa Trời đã cho anh chị em đồng sống lại với Chúa Cứu Thế và tha thứ tất cả các tội ác của chúng ta. 14 Ngài hủy bỏ phiếu nợ ràng buộc chúng ta cùng các quy luật nghịch với chúng ta, dẹp bỏ tất cả và đem đóng đinh tại cây thập tự. 15 Ngài tước quyền các bậc lãnh đạo và giới thẩm quyền, qua thập tự giá Ngài bêu xấu họ và điệu họ đi trong cuộc diễu binh thắng trận của Ngài.
16 Vì thế, đừng để ai đoán xét anh chị em về thức ăn thức uống, về nghi lễ tôn giáo, về lễ trăng mới hay ngày Sa-bát. 17 Những điều ấy chỉ là bóng của những điều sẽ đến, còn hình thật là Chúa Cứu Thế. 18 Đừng để ai lên án anh chị em: Họ tự xưng là trổi hơn anh chị em vì được những khải tượng đặc biệt nhưng lại giả bộ khiêm nhường và thờ lạy các thiên sứ, họ tự tôn tự đại vô lối theo tâm trí xác thịt. 19 Họ dứt liên lạc với Đầu. Nhờ đầu cả thân thể đều được nuôi dưỡng và kết hợp với nhau do các khớp xương, dây chằng và tăng trưởng đúng theo ý muốn của Đức Chúa Trời.
20 Nếu anh chị em đã chết với Chúa Cứu Thế và được giải thoát khỏi các thần linh đang cai trị thế gian, tại sao anh chị em còn sinh hoạt như người thế gian? Tại sao anh chị em còn giữ những luật lệ: 21 “Chớ lấy, chớ nếm, chớ sờ!” 22 Tất cả những thứ ấy một khi đã dùng đến là băng hoại, theo quy luật và giáo huấn của loài người. 23 Những điều ấy thật có vẻ khôn ngoan vì thờ lạy theo quy tắc con người tự đặt ra, với sự khiêm nhường và khắc khổ thân thể, nhưng không có giá trị gì để kiềm chế đam mê xác thịt.
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