Colossiens 2
Segond 21
2 Je veux, en effet, que vous sachiez à quel point il est grand, le combat que je soutiens pour vous, pour ceux qui sont à Laodicée et pour tous ceux qui n'ont jamais vu mon visage. 2 Je combats ainsi afin que, unis dans l'amour, ils soient encouragés dans leur cœur et qu’ils soient enrichis d'une pleine intelligence pour connaître le mystère de Dieu, aussi bien du Père que de Christ. 3 C’est en lui que sont cachés tous les trésors de la sagesse et de la connaissance.
4 Je dis cela afin que personne ne vous trompe par des discours séduisants. 5 En effet, même si je suis absent de corps, je suis avec vous en esprit, et je vois avec joie le bon ordre qui règne parmi vous et la fermeté de votre foi en Christ.
6 Ainsi donc, tout comme vous avez accueilli le Seigneur Jésus-Christ, marchez en lui[a]; 7 soyez enracinés et fondés en lui, affermis dans la foi telle qu’elle vous a été enseignée, et soyez-en riches en exprimant votre reconnaissance à Dieu.
L’œuvre de Christ et la liberté qui en découle
8 Faites attention: que personne ne vous prenne au piège par la philosophie, par des tromperies sans fondement qui s'appuient sur la tradition des hommes, sur les principes élémentaires qui régissent le monde[b], et non sur Christ. 9 En effet, c’est en lui qu’habite corporellement toute la plénitude de la divinité. 10 Vous avez tout pleinement en lui, qui est le chef de toute domination et de toute autorité. 11 C'est en lui aussi que vous avez été circoncis d'une circoncision qui n'est pas faite par la main de l'homme, mais de la circoncision de Christ, qui consiste à vous dépouiller du corps de votre nature pécheresse. 12 Vous avez en effet été ensevelis avec lui par le baptême et vous êtes aussi ressuscités en lui et avec lui, par la foi en la puissance du Dieu qui l'a ressuscité.
13 Vous qui étiez morts en raison de vos fautes et de l'incirconcision de votre corps, il vous a rendus à la vie avec lui. Il nous a pardonné toutes nos fautes, 14 il a effacé l'acte[c] rédigé contre nous qui nous condamnait par ses prescriptions, et il l'a annulé en le clouant à la croix. 15 Il a ainsi dépouillé les dominations et les autorités et les a données publiquement en spectacle en triomphant d'elles par la croix.
16 Que personne donc ne vous juge au sujet du manger ou du boire, ou à propos d'une fête, d'un nouveau mois ou du sabbat: 17 tout cela n’était que l'ombre des choses à venir, mais la réalité est en Christ. 18 Que personne, par son goût d’une fausse humilité et du culte des anges, ne vous prive de la victoire. Plongé dans ses visions, un tel homme est sans raison enflé d’orgueil sous l’effet de ses pensées tout humaines, 19 et il ne s'attache pas à celui qui est la tête[d]. C’est pourtant d’elle que tout le corps, bien nourri et solidement assemblé par ses articulations et ses liens, tire la croissance que Dieu donne.
20 Si vous êtes morts avec Christ aux principes élémentaires qui régissent le monde, pourquoi, comme si vous viviez dans le monde, vous soumettez-vous à toutes ces règles: 21 «Ne prends pas! Ne goûte pas! Ne touche pas!»? 22 Elles ne concernent que des choses destinées à disparaître dès qu’on en fait usage. Il s’agit bien là de commandements et d’enseignements humains! 23 Ils ont, en vérité, une apparence de sagesse, car ils indiquent un culte volontaire, de l'humilité et le mépris du corps, mais ils sont sans aucune valeur et ne servent qu'à la satisfaction personnelle.
Footnotes
- Colossiens 2:6 Marchez en lui: ou vivez dans l’union avec lui, c’est-à-dire en menant une vie modelée par lui.
- Colossiens 2:8 Les principes… le monde: c’est-à-dire les éléments et rites des religions humaines ou les puissances spirituelles, selon les interprétations.
- Colossiens 2:14 L'acte: c’est-à-dire la loi divine.
- Colossiens 2:19 Celui qui est la tête: c’est-à-dire Christ.
Colossians 2
English Standard Version
2 For I want you to know (A)how great a (B)struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that (C)their hearts may be encouraged, being (D)knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of (E)God's mystery, which is Christ, 3 (F)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order (G)that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 For (H)though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your (I)good order and (J)the firmness of your faith in Christ.
Alive in Christ
6 (K)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 (L)rooted and (M)built up in him and (N)established in the faith, just (O)as you were taught, abounding (P)in thanksgiving.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive by (Q)philosophy and (R)empty deceit, according to (S)human tradition, according to the (T)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For (U)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (V)bodily, 10 and (W)you have been filled in him, who is (X)the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also (Y)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by (Z)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (AA)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (AB)you were also raised with him through faith in (AC)the powerful working of God, (AD)who raised him from the dead. 13 (AE)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God (AF)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by (AG)canceling (AH)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 (AI)He disarmed the rulers and authorities[b] and (AJ)put them to open shame, by (AK)triumphing over them in him.[c]
Let No One Disqualify You
16 Therefore let no one (AL)pass judgment on you (AM)in questions of food and drink, or with regard to (AN)a festival or (AO)a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 (AP)These are a shadow of the things to come, but (AQ)the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one (AR)disqualify you, (AS)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, (AT)going on in detail about visions,[d] (AU)puffed up without reason by (AV)his sensuous mind, 19 and (AW)not (AX)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
20 If with Christ (AY)you died to the (AZ)elemental spirits of the world, (BA)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 (BB)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ((BC)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to (BD)human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in (BE)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are (BF)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
Footnotes
- Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20
- Colossians 2:15 Probably demonic rulers and authorities
- Colossians 2:15 Or in it (that is, the cross)
- Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen
Colossians 2
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling(A) for you, for those in Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not seen me in person. 2 I want their hearts to be encouraged(C) and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery(D) – Christ.[a](E) 3 In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom(F) and knowledge.(G)
Christ versus the Colossian Heresy
4 I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with arguments that sound reasonable. 5 For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit,(H) rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.
6 So then, just as you have received(I) Christ Jesus as Lord,(J) continue to walk in him, 7 being rooted and built up in him(K) and established in the faith, just as you were taught,(L) and overflowing with gratitude.
8 Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition,(M) based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.(N) 9 For the entire fullness(O) of God’s nature dwells bodily[b] in Christ, 10 and you have been filled by him, who is the head(P) over every ruler and authority. 11 You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh,(Q) in the circumcision of Christ,(R) 12 when you were buried with him(S) in baptism, in which you were also raised with him(T) through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(U) 13 And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses. 14 He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.(V) 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.[c](W)
16 Therefore, don’t let anyone judge(X) you in regard to food and drink(Y) or in the matter of a festival or a new moon(Z) or a Sabbath day.[d] 17 These are a shadow(AA) of what was to come;(AB) the substance is[e] Christ.(AC) 18 Let no one condemn[f] you(AD) by delighting in ascetic practices(AE) and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such a person is inflated(AF) by empty notions of his unspiritual[g] mind. 19 They don’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body,(AG) nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.
20 If you died with Christ(AH) to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: 21 ‘Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch’? 22 All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines. 23 Although these have a reputation for wisdom(AI) by promoting self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.[h](AJ)
Footnotes
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