Colossians 2 NKJV

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Colossians 2 NKJV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; 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</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>principality and power.</span></p> <h3> Not Legalism but Christ</span></h3><p><span class="text Col-2-11"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with <i>Him</i> through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>having wiped out the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>festival or a new moon or sabbaths, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>which are a shadow of things to come, but the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span>substance is of Christ. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in <i>false</i> humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[l]</a></span>not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase <i>that is</i> from God.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[m]</a></span>Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as <i>though</i> living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, <i>false</i> humility, and <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[n]</a></span>neglect of the body, <i>but are</i> of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-29496a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:1">Colossians 2:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>struggle</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29497b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:2">Colossians 2:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>both of the Father and</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29500c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:5">Colossians 2:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>and seeing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29502d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:7">Colossians 2:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>in it</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29503e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:8">Colossians 2:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>plunder you</i> or <i>take you captive</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29504f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:9">Colossians 2:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>in bodily form</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29505g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:10">Colossians 2:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>rule and authority</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29506h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:11">Colossians 2:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>of the sins</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29509i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:14">Colossians 2:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>certificate of debt with its</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29511j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:16">Colossians 2:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>feast day</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29512k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:17">Colossians 2:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>body</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29513l"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:18">Colossians 2:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>not</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29515m"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:20">Colossians 2:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU, M omit <i>Therefore</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-29518n"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Colossians 2:23">Colossians 2:23</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>severe treatment, asceticism</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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