Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Let No One Judge Your Behavior By False Standards
16 Therefore let no one judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect to a feast or new-moon or Sabbath, 17 which are a shadow of the coming things, but the body[a] is Christ’s. 18 Let no one decide-against you while delighting[b] in humility[c] and worship of [d] angels, dwelling-upon[e] things which he has seen, being puffed-up in-vain by the mind of [f] his flesh, 19 and not holding-on-to[g] the head— from Whom the whole body, being supplied[h] and held-together by the joints and ligaments, is growing the growth of [i] God.
Since You Died With Christ, Do Not Submit To Human Decrees
20 If you died with Christ from[j] the elemental[k] things of the world, why, as-though living in the world, do you submit-to-decrees (21 “Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”; 22 Things which[l] are all for[m] perishing[n] in the use[o]!) according-to the commandments and teachings of humans?— 23 which are indeed having the talk[p] of wisdom in-connection-with will-worship[q] and humility[r] and harsh-treatment[s] of the body, not[t] in-connection-with any [real] value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Since You Were Raised With Christ, Be Seeking His Things
3 If then you were raised-with Christ, be seeking the things above where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing