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An Understandable Version
So, do not allow anyone to judge [i.e., condemn] you for what you eat, or what you drink, or regarding [your non-observance of] a [yearly] festival, or a [monthly] "new moon" observance, or a [weekly] Sabbath day.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore no one is to
King James Version
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Holman Bible
Therefore, don’t let anyone judge
International Standard Version
Therefore, let no one judge you in matters of food and drink or with respect to a festival, a New Moon, or Sabbath days.
A Conservative Version
Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,
American Standard Version
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
Amplified
Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
Anderson New Testament
Let no one judge you, therefore, in meat or in drink, or in respect to a feast, or the new moon, or sabbaths,
Bible in Basic English
For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:
Common New Testament
Therefore let no one judge you in questions of food or drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Let no man therefore condemn you for meats or drinks, or in respect of feasts, or new moons, or sabbaths:
Darby Translation
Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
Godbey New Testament
Therefore let no one judge you in meat, or in drink, or in the participation of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath:
Goodspeed New Testament
So no one can call you to account for what you eat or drink, or do about annual or monthly feasts or Sabbaths.
John Wesley New Testament
Let none therefore judge you in meat, or drink, or in respect of a feast-day, or of the new-moon, or of sabbath-days: Which are shadow of things to come;
Julia Smith Translation
Therefore let not any judge you in food, or in drink, or in turn of festival, or of the new moon, or of sabbaths:
King James 2000
Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore do not let anyone judge you with reference to eating or drinking or participation in a feast or a new moon or a Sabbath,
Modern King James verseion
Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let no man therefore trouble your consciences about meat and drink: or for a piece of a holy day, as the holy day of the new moon, or of the Sabbath day:
Moffatt New Testament
So let no one take you to task on questions of eating and drinking or in connexion with the observance of festivals or new moons or sabbaths.
Montgomery New Testament
Therefore do not permit any one to sit in judgment on you in regard to what you may eat or drink, or in regard to feast-days or new moons or sabbaths.
NET Bible
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 --
New Heart English Bible
Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
Noyes New Testament
Let no one then call you to account about food or drink, or a feastday, or a new moon, or sabbaths;
Sawyer New Testament
Let no man therefore judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect to a feast, or new moon, or sabbath,
The Emphasized Bible
Let no one, therefore, be judging, you, - in eating and in drinking, or in respect of feast, or new moon, or sabbath, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let no man therefore judge you concerning what you eat, or what you drink, or the observance of a feast, or new moon, or the sabbaths;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do not, then, allow any one to take you to task on questions of eating or drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly or weekly festivals.
Webster
Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy-day, or or the new-moon, or of the sabbaths:
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore suffer no one to sit in judgement on you as to eating or drinking or with regard to a festival, a new moon or a sabbath.
Williams New Testament
Stop letting anyone pass judgment on you in matters of eating and drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly feasts or sabbaths.
World English Bible
Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
Worrell New Testament
Let no one, therefore, judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new moon, or sabbaths,
Worsley New Testament
Let no one therefore judge you on account of meat, or drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new-moon, or sabbaths;
Youngs Literal Translation
Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,
Themes
Feast of the new moon » Observance of, by Christians, condemned
Judah » Kings of judaism » Superseded by Christianity
Topics
Interlinear
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in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128
References
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Easton
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 2:16
Images Colossians 2:16
Prayers for Colossians 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Beware Of Requirements Invented By Humans
15 [In doing this] Christ disarmed the rulers and authorities [i.e., evil forces] and made a public display of them, triumphing over them through the cross. [Note: This could possibly be rendered "God triumphed over them through Christ"]. 16 So, do not allow anyone to judge [i.e., condemn] you for what you eat, or what you drink, or regarding [your non-observance of] a [yearly] festival, or a [monthly] "new moon" observance, or a [weekly] Sabbath day. 17 These things are [only] a shadow of future things, but the body [i.e., the real substance of things] belongs to Christ. [Note: The idea here is that the ritual observances of the Mosaic law were like shadows pointing to the reality of life in Christ].
Cross References
Romans 14:5-6
One person regards a certain day more important than another; the next person regards every day alike. Each person should be fully convinced in his own mind [i.e., concerning their relative importance].
Romans 14:10
But why do you [who eat only certain foods] condemn your brother [who feels he can eat anything]? Or, indeed, why do you [i.e., who feels he can eat anything] look down on your brother [i.e., who eats only certain foods]? For all of us will have to stand before the judgment bar of God.
Galatians 4:10
You are observing [certain] days, and months, and seasons, and years [as binding religious holidays].
Hebrews 9:10
since, with foods and drinks and various [ceremonial] washings, they are only outward regulations imposed until the time when everything would be made right [i.e., under the New Agreement].
Matthew 15:11
It is not what enters the mouth of a person that [spiritually] corrupts him, but what proceeds out of his mouth that [spiritually] corrupts him."
Mark 2:27-28
And Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath day was made for man's [benefit], and not man for the Sabbath [day's benefit].
Mark 7:19
It is because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and [eventually] passes out into the toilet." By saying this He made all foods [ceremonially] acceptable.
Acts 11:3-18
saying, "You went in and ate with non-Jewish people, did you not?"
Acts 15:20
but to write [urging] them to avoid [eating] what is contaminated by [its association with] idol worship, from sexual immorality, from [eating] strangled animals and from [drinking] blood.
Romans 14:2-3
One person has enough faith that allows him to eat anything [i.e., without it bothering his conscience that the food, such as animal meat, was used in an idolatrous worship ceremony]. But the weak person can eat only vegetables [conscientiously].
Romans 14:13-17
So, we should stop judging one another any more. But instead, you people should determine not to put anything in your brother's way [to cause him] to trip or fall [away from God].
Romans 14:20-21
Do not destroy God's work [i.e., someone's life] for the sake of something to eat. All foods are truly clean [ceremonially]; however, it is wrong for a person to eat something when it causes another person to fall [away from God].
1 Corinthians 8:7-13
However, not every person knows this [truth]. For some people have been so used to an idol all this time that they still think of the idol [as a reality] when eating food that has been sacrificed to it. And their weak conscience becomes polluted. [Note: These people cannot seem to shake off the idea that somehow the idol is real, so feel guilty of wrongdoing when eating food sacrificed to it].
1 Corinthians 10:28-31
But if anyone says to you, "This [food] has been offered as a sacrifice [to an idol]," do not eat it, for the sake of the person who pointed this out to you, and for conscience' sake ---
Galatians 2:12-13
For, before certain [leaders] came from James [i.e., Jesus' brother, a leader of the Jerusalem church, See Acts 12:17; 15:13-22], he had eaten [a social meal] with some Gentiles. But when these men came, he abruptly discontinued this practice out of fear of the circumcised ones [i.e., out of concern for what the Jews would think of him].
1 Timothy 4:3-5
They forbid people to get married and require them to avoid [eating] certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and [fully] know the truth.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not continue to be swept off your course by all kinds of strange teachings. For it is good for your hearts to be strengthened by God's unearned favor [upon you] and not by [keeping regulations about] foods, which do not benefit those who observe them.
James 4:11
Do not slander one another, brothers, [for] the person who speaks against his brother, or judges him, is [guilty of] speaking against the law [of God]. But when you judge the law, you are not obeying it but acting as its judge.