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16 Therefore, no one is to (A)judge you in (B)food and (C)drink, or in respect to a (D)festival or a (E)new moon or a (F)Sabbath [a]day— 17 things which are only a (G)shadow of what is to come; but the [b]substance [c]belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one keep [d](H)defrauding you of your prize by (I)delighting in [e]self-abasement and the worship of the angels, going into detail about visions he has seen, (J)being puffed up for nothing by his (K)fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to (L)the head, from whom (M)the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and [f]ligaments, grows with a growth [g]that is from God.

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  1. Colossians 2:16 Or days
  2. Colossians 2:17 Lit body
  3. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ
  4. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you
  5. Colossians 2:18 Or humility
  6. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds
  7. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God

16 Therefore, don’t let anyone judge(A) you in regard to food and drink(B) or in the matter of a festival or a new moon(C) or a Sabbath day.[a] 17 These are a shadow(D) of what was to come;(E) the substance is[b] the Messiah.(F) 18 Let no one disqualify you,[c](G) insisting on ascetic practices(H) and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated(I) without cause by his unspiritual[d] mind. 19 He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body,(J) nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.

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  1. Colossians 2:16 Or or sabbaths
  2. Colossians 2:17 Or substance belongs to
  3. Colossians 2:18 Or no one cheat us out of your prize
  4. Colossians 2:18 Lit fleshly