Book of Common Prayer

⁸ See blepō to it that no mē one tis takes eimi you hymeis · ho captive sylagōgeō by dia means of · ho philosophy philosophia and kai empty kenos deceit apatē, according kata to the ho tradition paradosis of ho men anthrōpos, according kata to the ho elemental stoicheion spirits of ho the world kosmos, and kai not ou according kata to Christ Christos. ⁹ For hoti in en him autos the ho whole pas fullness plērōma of ho deity theotēs dwells katoikeō in bodily sōmatikōs form , ¹⁰ and kai you have eimi come to fullness plēroō in en him autos, who hos is eimi the ho head kephalē of every pas principality archē and kai power exousia. ¹¹ In en him hos you also kai were circumcised peritemnō with a circumcision peritomē not acheiropoiētos made with hands , by en the ho putting apekdysis off of ho the body sōma of ho flesh sarx, by en the ho circumcision peritomē of ho Christ Christos. ¹² Having been buried synthaptō with him autos in en · ho baptism baptismos, you have also kai been raised synegeirō with him through dia · ho faith pistis in the ho powerful working energeia of ho God theos, who ho raised egeirō him autos from ek the dead nekros. ¹³ And kai although eimi you hymeis were eimi dead nekros in en your ho trespasses paraptōma and kai the ho uncircumcision akrobystia of ho your hymeis flesh sarx, God made you hymeis alive syzōopoieō with syn Christ autos. He forgave charizomai us hēmeis all pas our ho transgressions paraptōma, ¹⁴ having canceled exaleiphō the ho certificate cheirographon of debt with its ho legal demands dogma against kata us hēmeis, which hos was eimi hostile hypenantios to us hēmeis. · kai He has taken airō it autos away ek ho · ho by nailing prosēloō it autos to the ho cross stauros. ¹⁵ He stripped apekdyomai the ho principalities archē and kai · ho powers exousia of their authority and disgraced deigmatizō them in en public parrēsia by triumphing thriambeuō over them autos in en Christ autos.

¹⁶ Therefore oun do krinō not mē let krinō anyone tis judge krinō you hymeis with en respect to food brōsis and kai drink posis, or ē in en regard to a religious meros festival heortē, a new neomēnia moon , or ē a Sabbath sabbaton day. ¹⁷ These hos are eimi but a shadow skia of what ho was to come mellō, but de the ho reality sōma is found in ho Christ Christos. ¹⁸ Let katabrabeuō no mēdeis one rob katabrabeuō you hymeis of your prize, insisting thelō on en self-abasement tapeinophrosynē and kai the worship thrēskeia of ho angels angelos, taking his stand on hos visions horaō, puffed embateuō up with empty eikē notions physioō by hypo · ho his autos earthly sarx way of thinking nous. · ho ¹⁹ · kai That person is not ou holding krateō fast to the ho head kephalē, from ek whom hos the ho whole pas body sōma, nourished epichorēgeō and kai held together symbibazō by dia its ho joints haphē and kai ligaments syndesmos, grows auxō with a ho growth auxēsis that is from ho God theos. ²⁰ Since ei you died apothnēskō with syn Christ Christos to apo the ho elemental stoicheion spirits of the ho world kosmos, why tis, as hōs though you were still living zaō in en the world kosmos, do you submit dogmatizō to regulations such as, ²¹ “ Do not mē handle haptō! Do not mēde taste geuomai! Do not mēde touch thinganō!”? ²² These hos are eimi all pas destined eis to perish phthora with ho use apochrēsis, based kata as they are on · ho human anthrōpos commands entalma and kai teachings didaskalia. · ho ²³ Such hostis regulations logos indeed men have echō the appearance of wisdom sophia with en their self-imposed religious piety ethelothrēskia, · kai false humility tapeinophrosynē, and kai harsh apheidia control over the body sōma, but they are of no ou value en timē against pros the gratification plēsmonē of the ho flesh sarx.

¹² Now de when Jesus heard akouō that hoti John Iōannēs had been arrested paradidōmi, he withdrew anachōreō into eis · ho Galilee Galilaia. ¹³ And kai leaving kataleipō · ho Nazareth Nazara he went erchomai and lived katoikeō in eis Capernaum Kapharnaoum · ho by the sea parathalassios, in en the region horion of Zebulun Zaboulōn and kai Naphtali Nephthalim, ¹⁴ so hina that what ho was spoken legō by dia Isaiah ēsaias the ho prophet prophētēs might be fulfilled plēroō: ¹⁵ “ Land gē of Zebulun Zaboulōn and kai land gē of Naphtali Nephthalim, toward hodos the sea thalassa, beyond peran the ho Jordan Iordanēs, Galilee Galilaia of the ho Gentiles ethnos— ¹⁶ the ho people laos · ho living kathēmai in en darkness skotos have seen a great megas light phōs, and kai on those ho living kathēmai in en the region chōra and kai shadow skia of death thanatos, a light phōs has dawned anatellō.”

¹⁷ From apo then tote on Jesus Iēsous began archō · ho to proclaim kēryssō, · kai “ Repent metanoeō, for gar the ho kingdom basileia of ho heaven ouranos is at hand engizō.”