Colossians 2:19
17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
20 If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
- KJV
- And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
- WEB
- and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.
- ASV
- and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.
- DARBY
- and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
- BLB
- and not holding fast to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and being knit together by the joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.
- ÅB
- og ikke holder fast ved hovedet, hvorfra hele legemet, hjulpet og sammenføyet ved sine ledemot og bånd, vokser Guds vekst.
- OTB
- og ikke holde fast ved hodet, fra hvem hele kroppen, næret og holdt sammen av sine ledd og bånd, vokser med en vekst som er fra Gud.
- B1930
- og ikke holder fast ved hovedet, hvorfra hele legemet, hjulpet og sammenføiet ved sine ledemot og bånd, vokser Guds vekst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:15–16
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
Read in contextJohn 15:4–6
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:4–6
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Read in contextRomans 12:4–5
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
Read in context1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
Read in contextColossians 2:2
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
Read in context2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
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