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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 no one is to [a](A)act as your judge in regard to (B)food or (C)drink or in respect to a (D)festival or a (E)new moon or a (F)Sabbath [b]day— 17 things which are (G)a mere shadow of what is to come; but the [c]substance [d]belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one keep [e](H)defrauding you of your prize by (I)delighting in [f]self-abasement and the worship of the angels, [g]taking his stand on visions he has seen, [h](J)inflated without cause 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 [i]ligaments, grows with a growth [j]which is from God.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you
  2. Colossians 2:16 Or days
  3. Colossians 2:17 Lit body
  4. Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ
  5. Colossians 2:18 Or deciding against you
  6. Colossians 2:18 Or humility
  7. Colossians 2:18 Or going into detail about
  8. Colossians 2:18 Or conceited
  9. Colossians 2:19 Lit bonds
  10. Colossians 2:19 Lit of God