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Colossians 2:4-23 (RSV)

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⁴ I say this in order that no one may delude you with beguiling speech. ⁵ For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ⁶ As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him, ⁷ rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. ⁸ See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. ⁹ For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily, ¹⁰ and you have come to fulness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. ¹¹ In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ; ¹² and you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. ¹³ And you, who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, ¹⁴ having canceled the bond which stood against us with its legal demands; this he set aside, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in him. ¹⁶ Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath. ¹⁷ These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. ¹⁸ Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, ¹⁹ and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. ²⁰ If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations, ²¹ "Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch" ²² (referring to things which all perish as they are used), according to human precepts and doctrines? ²³ These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting rigor of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 6) Thankfulness - Continue to live in Christ with overflowing thankfulness
(v. 7) Thankfulness - Continue to live in Christ with overflowing thankfulness
(v. 13) Forgiveness / Mercy / Atonement - He forgave us all our sins
(v. 16) False Teachings - Do not allow anyone judge you about a Sabbath day
(v. 18) Idolatry - Do not let the worshiping of angels disqualify you for the prize
(v. 23) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Regulations lacks any value in restraining sensual indulgence
(v. 23) Freedom / Legalism / Disputable Matters / Traditions - Regulations lacks any value in restraining sensual indulgence

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 16) Should we observe the Sabbath? Therefore do not let anyone judge you by a Sabbath day

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 6) Be Still My Soul - Praise (2008-03-29)
(v. 6) Gratitude (part I) (2011-11-28)
(v. 7) Gratitude (part I) (2011-11-28)
(v. 7) Be Still My Soul - Praise (2008-03-29)
(v. 9) Knowing Jesus (part I) (2010-12-14)
(v. 10) Jesus is God (part I) (2011-03-04)
(v. 11) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 12) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 13) Man of Prayer - Forgiveness (2008-10-31)
(v. 14) Man of Prayer - Forgiveness (2008-10-31)
(v. 20) Repentance - Transfigure Our Minds (part 2) (2009-11-09)
(v. 21) Repentance - Transfigure Our Minds (part 2) (2009-11-09)
(v. 22) Repentance - Transfigure Our Minds (part 2) (2009-11-09)
(v. 23) Repentance - Transfigure Our Minds (part 2) (2009-11-09)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 13) Sermon: Free the prisoners (2013-04-28)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer