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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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Footnotes

  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

Do Not Be Judged by Human Religious Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with reference to eating or[a] drinking or participation in a feast or a new moon or a Sabbath, 17 which are a shadow of what is to come, but the reality is Christ. 18 Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about the things which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:16 Some manuscripts have “and”