Kolosser 2

1For I would have you know, what manner of care I have for you and for them that are at Laodicea, and whosoever have not seen my face in the flesh:

2That their hearts may be comforted, being instructed in charity, and unto all riches of fulness of understanding, unto the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus:

3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4Now this I say, that no man may deceive you by loftiness of words.

5For though I be absent in body, yet in spirit I am with you; rejoicing, and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith which is in Christ.

6As therefore you have received Jesus Christ the Lord, walk ye in him;

7Rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as also you have learned, abounding in him in thanksgiving.

8Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy, and vain deceit; according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ:

9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally;

10And you are filled in him, who is the head of all principality and power:

11In whom also you are circumcised with circumcision not made by hand, in despoiling of the body of the flesh, but in the circumcision of Christ:

12Buried with him in baptism, in whom also you are risen again by the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him up from the dead.

13And you, when you were dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh; he hath quickened together with him, forgiving you all offences:

14Blotting out the handwriting of the decree that was against us, which was contrary to us. And he hath taken the same out of the way, fastening it to the cross:

15And despoiling the principalities and powers, he hath exposed them confidently in open shew, triumphing over them in himself.

16Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of a festival day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths,

17Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.

18Let no man seduce you, willing in humility, and religion of angels, walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of his flesh,

19And not holding the head, from which the whole body, by joints and bands, being supplied with nourishment and compacted, groweth unto the increase of God.

20If then you be dead with Christ from the elements of this world, why do you yet decree as though living in the world?

21Touch not, taste not, handle not:

22Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men.

23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in superstition and humility, and not sparing the body; not in any honour to the filling of the flesh.

1Volo enim vos scire qualem sollicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis qui sunt Laodiciæ, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne:

2ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in caritate, et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris et Christi Jesu:

3in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiæ et scientiæ absconditi.

4Hoc autem dico, ut nemo vos decipiat in sublimitate sermonum.

5Nam etsi corpore absens sum, sed spiritu vobiscum sum: gaudens, et videns ordinem vestrum, et firmamentum ejus, quæ in Christo est, fidei vestræ.

6Sicut ergo accepistis Jesum Christum Dominum, in ipso ambulate,

7radicati, et superædificati in ipso, et confirmati fide, sicut et didicistis, abundantes in illo in gratiarum actione.

8Videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam, et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum:

9quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter:

10et estis in illo repleti, qui est caput omnis principatus et potestatis:

11in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manu facta in expoliatione corporis carnis, sed in circumcisione Christi:

12consepulti ei in baptismo, in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei, qui suscitavit illum a mortuis.

13Et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis, et præputio carnis vestræ, convivificavit cum illo, donans vobis omnia delicta:

14delens quod adversus nos erat chirographum decreti, quod erat contrarium nobis, et ipsum tulit de medio, affigens illud cruci:

15et expolians principatus, et potestates traduxit confidenter, palam triumphans illos in semetipso.

16Nemo ergo vos judicet in cibo, aut in potu, aut in parte diei festi, aut neomeniæ, aut sabbatorum:

17quæ sunt umbra futurorum: corpus autem Christi.

18Nemo vos seducat, volens in humilitate, et religione angelorum, quæ non vidit ambulans, frustra inflatus sensu carnis suæ,

19et non tenens caput, ex quo totum corpus per nexus, et conjunctiones subministratum, et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei.

20Si ergo mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis hujus mundi: quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis?

21Ne tetigeritis, neque gustaveritis, neque contrectaveritis:

22quæ sunt omnia in interitum ipso usu, secundum præcepta et doctrinas hominum:

23quæ sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiæ in superstitione, et humilitate, et non ad parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.

1For I want you to know the kind of solicitude that I have for you, and for those who are at Laodicea, as well as for those who have not seen my face in the flesh.

2May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.

3For in him are hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4Now I say this, so that no one may deceive you with grandiose words.

5For though I may be absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit. And I rejoice as I gaze upon your order and its foundation, which is in Christ, your faith.

6Therefore, just as you have received the Lord Jesus Christ, walk in him.

7Be rooted and continually built up in Christ. And be confirmed in the faith, just as you have also learned it, increasing in him with acts of thanksgiving.

8See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.

9For in him, all the fullness of the Divine Nature dwells bodily.

10And in him, you have been filled; for he is the head of all principality and power.

11In him also, you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by hand, not by the despoiling of the body of flesh, but by the circumcision of Christ.

12You have been buried with him in baptism. In him also, you have risen again through faith, by the work of God, who raised him up from the dead.

13And when you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he enlivened you, together with him, forgiving you of all transgressions,

14and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, affixing it to the Cross.

15And so, despoiling principalities and powers, he has led them away confidently and openly, triumphing over them in himself.

16Therefore, let no one judge you as concerns food or drink, or a particular feast day, or feast days of new moons, or of Sabbaths.

17For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.

18Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh,

19and not holding up the head, with which the whole body, by its underlying joints and ligaments, is joined together and grows with an increase that is of God.

20So then, if you have died with Christ to the influences of this world, why do you still make decisions as if you were living in the world?

21Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle these things,

22which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men.

23Such ideas have at least an intention to attain to wisdom, but through superstition and debasement, not sparing the body, and they are without any honor in satiating the flesh.