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Colossians 2:4-23 (NET)

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⁴ I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable. ⁵ For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ⁶ Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, ⁷ rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. ⁸ Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. ⁹ For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form, ¹⁰ and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority. ¹¹ In him you also were circumcised not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ. ¹² Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. ¹³ And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions. ¹⁴ He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross. ¹⁶ Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days ¹⁷ these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ! ¹⁸ Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind. ¹⁹ He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. ²⁰ If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? ²¹ "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!" ²² These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings. ²³ Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body a wisdom with no true value they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.


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