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θελω γαρ υμας ειδεναι ηλικον αγωνα εχω υπερ υμων και των εν λαοδικεια και οσοι ουχ εορακαν το προσωπον μου εν σαρκι

ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου χριστου

εν ω εισιν παντες οι θησαυροι της σοφιας και γνωσεως αποκρυφοι

τουτο λεγω ινα μηδεις υμας παραλογιζηται εν πιθανολογια

ει γαρ και τη σαρκι απειμι αλλα τω πνευματι συν υμιν ειμι χαιρων και βλεπων υμων την ταξιν και το στερεωμα της εις χριστον πιστεως υμων

ως ουν παρελαβετε τον χριστον ιησουν τον κυριον εν αυτω περιπατειτε

ερριζωμενοι και εποικοδομουμενοι εν αυτω και βεβαιουμενοι τη πιστει καθως εδιδαχθητε περισσευοντες [εν αυτη] εν ευχαριστια

βλεπετε μη τις υμας εσται ο συλαγωγων δια της φιλοσοφιας και κενης απατης κατα την παραδοσιν των ανθρωπων κατα τα στοιχεια του κοσμου και ου κατα χριστον

οτι εν αυτω κατοικει παν το πληρωμα της θεοτητος σωματικως

10 και εστε εν αυτω πεπληρωμενοι ος εστιν η κεφαλη πασης αρχης και εξουσιας

11 εν ω και περιετμηθητε περιτομη αχειροποιητω εν τη απεκδυσει του σωματος της σαρκος εν τη περιτομη του χριστου

12 συνταφεντες αυτω εν τω βαπτισματι εν ω και συνηγερθητε δια της πιστεως της ενεργειας του θεου του εγειραντος αυτον εκ νεκρων

13 και υμας νεκρους οντας τοις παραπτωμασιν και τη ακροβυστια της σαρκος υμων συνεζωοποιησεν υμας συν αυτω χαρισαμενος ημιν παντα τα παραπτωματα

14 εξαλειψας το καθ ημων χειρογραφον τοις δογμασιν ο ην υπεναντιον ημιν και αυτο ηρκεν εκ του μεσου προσηλωσας αυτο τω σταυρω

15 απεκδυσαμενος τας αρχας και τας εξουσιας εδειγματισεν εν παρρησια θριαμβευσας αυτους εν αυτω

16 μη ουν τις υμας κρινετω εν βρωσει και εν ποσει η εν μερει εορτης η νεομηνιας η σαββατων

17 α εστιν σκια των μελλοντων το δε σωμα του χριστου

18 μηδεις υμας καταβραβευετω θελων εν ταπεινοφροσυνη και θρησκεια των αγγελων α εορακεν εμβατευων εικη φυσιουμενος υπο του νοος της σαρκος αυτου

19 και ου κρατων την κεφαλην εξ ου παν το σωμα δια των αφων και συνδεσμων επιχορηγουμενον και συμβιβαζομενον αυξει την αυξησιν του θεου

20 ει απεθανετε συν χριστω απο των στοιχειων του κοσμου τι ως ζωντες εν κοσμω δογματιζεσθε

21 μη αψη μηδε γευση μηδε θιγης

22 α εστιν παντα εις φθοραν τη αποχρησει κατα τα ενταλματα και διδασκαλιας των ανθρωπων

23 ατινα εστιν λογον μεν εχοντα σοφιας εν εθελοθρησκια και ταπεινοφροσυνη [και] αφειδια σωματος ουκ εν τιμη τινι προς πλησμονην της σαρκος

I want you to know how hard I am contending(A) for you and for those at Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not met me personally. My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart(C) and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery(D) of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(E) I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.(F) For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit(G) and delight to see how disciplined(H) you are and how firm(I) your faith in Christ(J) is.

Spiritual Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,(K) continue to live your lives in him, rooted(L) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(M) and overflowing with thankfulness.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(N) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(O) rather than on Christ.

For in Christ all the fullness(P) of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(Q) over every power and authority.(R) 11 In him you were also circumcised(S) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b](T) was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(U) in which you were also raised with him(V) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(W)

13 When you were dead in your sins(X) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive(Y) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(Z) 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(AA) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(AB) 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(AC) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(AD) by the cross.[e]

Freedom From Human Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(AE) by what you eat or drink,(AF) or with regard to a religious festival,(AG) a New Moon celebration(AH) or a Sabbath day.(AI) 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(AJ) the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(AK) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(AL) 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,(AM) from whom the whole body,(AN) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(AO)

20 Since you died with Christ(AP) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(AQ) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(AR) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(AS) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(AT) 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility(AU) and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
  2. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
  3. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
  4. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
  5. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him

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;

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;

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

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.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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.

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.

Я хочу, чтобы вы знали, как упорно я борюсь за вас, и за лаодикийцев, и за тех многих, кто даже не видел меня лично. Я хочу, чтобы это ободрило их, объединило в любви, чтобы они могли иметь глубокие и богатые познания о тайне Бога, то есть о Христе. В Нем скрыты все сокровища мудрости и знания. Я говорю вам об этом, чтобы никто не смог обмануть вас вкрадчивыми словами. Пусть меня и нет с вами физически, но духом я с вами, и меня радуют ваша сплоченность и ваша твердая вера во Христа.

Предостережение против определенных лжеучений

Поэтому, раз вы приняли Господа Иисуса Христа, то и живите в Нем, пускайте корни и растите в Нем. Пусть вера, которой вы были научены, набирает в вас силу, и пусть благодарность переполняет вас. Смотрите, чтобы никто не поработил вас, обольстив пустым философствованием, основанным на человеческих традициях и на законах этого мира, а не на Христе.

Потому что в Нем вся полнота Бога пребывает в телесной форме, 10 а вы обрели полноту[a] во Христе, Который стоит во главе всех начальств и властей. 11 В Нем вы также были обрезаны, но не таким обрезанием, которое совершается руками людей. Вы были освобождены от вашей греховной природы духовным обрезанием, совершенным Христом. 12 Вы были погребены вместе с Ним в крещении и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Божью, поднявшую Христа из мертвых.

13 И вас, некогда мертвых из-за ваших грехов, с необрезанной плотью, – вас Бог оживил вместе со Христом. Он простил все наши грехи, 14 зачеркнув рукопись с направленными против нас предписаниями Закона; Он устранил эту рукопись, пригвоздив ее ко кресту. 15 Бог обезоружил начальства и власти и выставил их на позор, восторжествовав над ними на кресте[b].

16 Пусть никто не осуждает вас за то, что вы едите и что вы пьете, или за несоблюдение каких-то религиозных праздников, церемоний при новолунии[c] или суббот. 17 Все это лишь тень того, что должно было прийти, реальность[d] же – Христос. 18 Не допустите, чтобы люди, обожающие самоотречение и поклоняющиеся ангелам, осуждали вас[e]. Они увлекаются своими видениями и превозносятся, гордясь своим испорченным умом. 19 Они потеряли связь с Главой[f], которая управляет всем телом, связанным воедино посредством суставов и связок и растущим благодаря Богу.

20 Если вы умерли со Христом для законов этого мира, то почему же вы по-прежнему живете как люди этого мира, подчиняясь таким земным правилам, как: 21 «этого не бери», «того не ешь», «к этому не прикасайся»? 22 Все это лишь человеческие правила и понятия[g] относительно тех вещей, которые исчезают при употреблении. 23 Может, эти правила и создают видимость чего-то мудрого, навязывая самодеятельную религиозность, самоотречение и изнурение тела. На самом же деле это нисколько не помогает одержать победу над страстями и злыми мыслями.

Footnotes

  1. 2:10 Полноту – существует два толкования этого выражения: 1) в единении с Иисусом Христом мы имеем духовную полноту, определенную духовную завершенность; 2) в единении с Иисусом Христом мы стали причастны к Его божественной природе (см. Ин. 1:16; 1 Пет. 1:4).
  2. 2:15 Или: «через Него».
  3. 2:16 Новолуние – израильтяне, пользовавшиеся лунным календарем, праздновали начало каждого месяца, которое совпадало с новолунием. О церемониях, связанных с праздником новолуния, см. Чис. 28:11-15.
  4. 2:17 Букв.: «тело».
  5. 2:18 Слово, стоящее в тексте на языке оригинала, включает в себя и второе значение: «похитили у вас награду».
  6. 2:19 В тексте оригинала стоит слово, которое можно перевести и как глава (руководитель), и как голова (часть тела).
  7. 2:22 См. Ис. 29:13; Мат. 15:9.

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me face to face. I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ himself,[a] in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I am saying this so that no one may deceive you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Fullness of Life in Christ

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives[b] in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe,[c] and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision,[d] by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; 12 when you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[e] made you[f] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, 14 erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 He disarmed[g] the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.

16 Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. 17 These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, dwelling[h] on visions,[i] puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking,[j] 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.

Warnings against False Teachers

20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe,[k] why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations, 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”? 22 All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings. 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-imposed piety, humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they are of no value in checking self-indulgence.[l]

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:2 Other ancient authorities read of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ
  2. Colossians 2:6 Gk to walk
  3. Colossians 2:8 Or the rudiments of the world
  4. Colossians 2:11 Gk a circumcision made without hands
  5. Colossians 2:13 Gk he
  6. Colossians 2:13 Other ancient authorities read made us; others, made
  7. Colossians 2:15 Or divested himself of
  8. Colossians 2:18 Other ancient authorities read not dwelling
  9. Colossians 2:18 Meaning of Gk uncertain
  10. Colossians 2:18 Gk by the mind of his flesh
  11. Colossians 2:20 Or the rudiments of the world
  12. Colossians 2:23 Or are of no value, serving only to indulge the flesh