Colossians 2:20 Themes and Topics

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? "Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!" All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings. read more.
These things have the appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion, humility, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value against self-indulgence.

Now the Spirit says clearly that in the last times some people will abandon the faith by following deceitful spirits, the teachings of demons, and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron. They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. read more.
For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Physical exercise is of limited value, but Godliness is very dear, a pledge of life, both there and here. Verse Concepts

But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again? Verse Concepts

They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.) Verse Concepts

So why do you test God by putting on the disciples' neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry? Verse Concepts

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right. Verse Concepts

We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin. Verse Concepts

I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter." Verse Concepts

While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies. Verse Concepts

This saying is trustworthy: In dying with the Messiah, true life we gain. Verse Concepts

Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. Verse Concepts

I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

"He himself bore our sins" in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed." Verse Concepts

This saying is trustworthy: In dying with the Messiah, true life we gain. Verse Concepts

In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus. Verse Concepts

Of course not! How can we who died as far as sin is concerned go on living in it? Verse Concepts

For the person who has died has been freed from sin. Verse Concepts

For you have died, and your life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

But if the Messiah is in you, your bodies are dead due to sin, but the spirit is alive due to righteousness. And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then the one who raised the Messiah from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive by his Spirit who lives in you.

Of course not! How can we who died as far as sin is concerned go on living in it? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into union with the Messiah Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore, through baptism we were buried with him into his death so that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too may live an entirely new life. read more.
For if we have become united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin. For the person who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we have died with the Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him, for we know that the Messiah, who was raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has mastery over him. For when he died, he died once and for all as far as sin is concerned. But now that he is alive, he lives for God. In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus.

Don't you realize, brothers for I am speaking to people who know the Law that the Law can press its claims over a person only as long as he is alive? For a married woman is bound by the Law to her husband while he is living, but if her husband dies, she is released from the Law concerning her husband. So while her husband is living, she will be called an adulterer if she lives with another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from this Law, so that she is not an adulterer if she marries another man. read more.
In the same way, my brothers, through the Messiah's body you also died as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another person, the one who was raised from the dead, and may bear fruit for God. For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death. But now we have been released from the Law by dying to what enslaved us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit, not under the old writings. What should we say, then? Is the Law sinful? Of course not! In fact, I wouldn't have become aware of sin if it had not been for the Law. I wouldn't have known what it means to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet." But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead. At one time I was alive without any connection to the Law. But when the rule was revealed, sin sprang to life, and I died. I found that the very rule that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

Of course not! How can we who died as far as sin is concerned go on living in it? Verse Concepts

Again the voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean." Verse Concepts

I know and have been persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in and of itself, but it is unclean to a person who thinks it is unclean. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? "Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!" All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin. Verse Concepts

I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter." Verse Concepts

While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies. Verse Concepts

This saying is trustworthy: In dying with the Messiah, true life we gain. Verse Concepts

They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people. Verse Concepts

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings. Verse Concepts

They seek me day after day, and are eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practices righteousness and has not forsaken the justice of their God. "They ask me to reveal just decisions; they are eager to draw near to God. Verse Concepts

"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Verse Concepts

Stop bringing useless offerings! Incense is detestable to me, as are your New Moons, Sabbaths, and calling of convocations. I cannot stand iniquity within a solemn assembly. Verse Concepts

You are observing days, months, seasons, and years. I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!

It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world. Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? Verse Concepts

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world? "Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!" All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings. read more.
These things have the appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion, humility, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value against self-indulgence.

for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love. Verse Concepts

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation. Verse Concepts

He rendered the Law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, thus creating in himself one new humanity from the two, thereby making peace, Verse Concepts

having erased the charges that were brought against us, along with their obligations that were hostile to us. He took those charges away when he nailed them to the cross. Verse Concepts

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. Verse Concepts

"Listen to what the LORD says, you rulers of Sodom, and pay attention to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! "How do your voluminous sacrifices benefit me?" the LORD is asking. "I've had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts. I don't enjoy the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats. "When you come to present yourselves in my presence, who has required you to trample on my courts? read more.
Stop bringing useless offerings! Incense is detestable to me, as are your New Moons, Sabbaths, and calling of convocations. I cannot stand iniquity within a solemn assembly. As for your New Moons and your appointed festivals, I abhor them. They've become a burden to me; I've grown weary of carrying that burden. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity." "Wash yourselves, and make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior from my presence; stop practicing what is evil. Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow's case.

The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing. This illustration for today indicates that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not clear the conscience of a worshiper, since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.