Colossians 2:15-23

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁵ Having ^[a](A)disarmed the ^(B)rulers and authorities, He ^(C)made a public display of them, having ^(D)triumphed over them in ^[b]Him.

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

^20 (R)If you have died with Christ ^[j]to the ^(S)elementary principles of the world, ^(T)why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to ^(U)decrees: ²¹ “Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”? ²² Which ^[k]deal with everything ^(V)destined to perish ^[l]with use, which are in accordance with the ^(W)commands and teachings of men; ²³ which are matters having, to be sure, a ^[m]word of wisdom in ^[n](X)self-made religion and self-abasement and ^(Y)severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against ^(Z)fleshly indulgence.