Colossians 2:20 Themes and Topics

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Handle not, nor taste, nor touch (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men? read more.
Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. read more.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. Verse Concepts

but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again? Verse Concepts

and when they come from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.) Verse Concepts

Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Verse Concepts

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation. Verse Concepts

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; Verse Concepts

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Verse Concepts

For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. Verse Concepts

Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: Verse Concepts

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. Verse Concepts

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. Verse Concepts

Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: Verse Concepts

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein? Verse Concepts

for he that hath died is justified from sin. Verse Concepts

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein? Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. read more.
For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; for he that hath died is justified from sin. But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him; knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him. For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband. So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man. read more.
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet: but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead. And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein? Verse Concepts

And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common. Verse Concepts

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Handle not, nor taste, nor touch (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; Verse Concepts

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Verse Concepts

For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. Verse Concepts

Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: Verse Concepts

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away. Verse Concepts

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me , and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them ; Verse Concepts

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God. Verse Concepts

This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. Verse Concepts

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. Verse Concepts

Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years. I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Verse Concepts

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Handle not, nor taste, nor touch (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men? read more.
Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love. Verse Concepts

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. Verse Concepts

having abolished in the flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man,'so making peace; Verse Concepts

having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross; Verse Concepts

Now even a first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. Verse Concepts

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? read more.
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing; which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect, being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.