Colossians 2:20 Themes and Topics

If you died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances: Do not handle. Do not taste. Do not touch. These are the precepts and doctrines of men. read more.
These have, indeed, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body. But these are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

The Spirit explicitly says that some will fall away from the faith (truth) in later times. Spirits and doctrines of demons will seduce them, through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron. They will forbid marrying, [and command] to abstain from food, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. read more.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

Bodily exercise is profitable for a little. However, godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of the life that is to come. Verse Concepts

Now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and poor fundamental things? Do you want to slave for them all over again? Verse Concepts

When they come from the marketplace they wash themselves before they eat. They follow many other rules. They wash their cups, and brass pots, and other vessels. Verse Concepts

Why do you test God by placing a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, one that our fathers were not able to bear? Verse Concepts

Christ liberated us for freedom (moral liberty). Stand fast therefore, and do not become entangled again in a yoke of bondage. Verse Concepts

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

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time comes to change them for something better. Verse Concepts

We know this that our old self was impaled with him that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin. Verse Concepts

I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

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

It is written: For your sake we are put to death all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter. (Psalm 44:22) Verse Concepts

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

This is a faithful saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him. Verse Concepts

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts. Verse Concepts

I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

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

He bore our sins in his body upon the stake, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed because of his wounds (stripes). Verse Concepts

This is a faithful saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him. Verse Concepts

Consider yourselves to be dead with reference to sin, but alive with reference to God through Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

God forbid. We died to sin! How could we any longer live in it? Verse Concepts

He who has died is freed from sin. Verse Concepts

For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Verse Concepts

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

If Christ is with you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit is life on account of righteousness. If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from among the dead dwells with you, he who raised Christ from among the dead shall also make your mortal bodies alive. This is on account of his Spirit that dwells with you.

God forbid. We died to sin! How could we any longer live in it? Or are you ignorant to the fact that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death. Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, that we might walk in the newness of life. read more.
If we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be in the likeness of his resurrection. We know this that our old self was impaled with him that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin. He who has died is freed from sin. If we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ being raised from the dead died no more; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death that he died, he died with reference to sin once. But the life that he lives, he lives to God. Consider yourselves to be dead with reference to sin, but alive with reference to God through Christ Jesus.

Do you not know, for I speak to men who know the law, that the law has dominion (jurisdiction) over a man as long as he lives? Law binds the married woman to her husband while he lives. But if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband. So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she will be called an adulteress. If the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man. read more.
Brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God. When we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death. We have been discharged (released) from the law. We have died to that by which we were held. So 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! I had not known sin except through the law. For I had not known coveting except the law had said: You should not covet. But sin, finding occasion, worked out in me through the commandment all manner of coveting. Apart from the law sin is dead. I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. The commandment, which was to life, this I found to be to death.

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

God forbid. We died to sin! How could we any longer live in it? Verse Concepts

The voice spoke to him again the second time: You stop calling defiled that which God has cleansed. Verse Concepts

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean in itself. If someone thinks something is unclean it is unclean to him. Verse Concepts

If you died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances: Do not handle. Do not taste. Do not touch. These are the precepts and doctrines of men.

We know this that our old self was impaled with him that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin. Verse Concepts

I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me. Verse Concepts

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

It is written: For your sake we are put to death all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter. (Psalm 44:22) Verse Concepts

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

This is a faithful saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him. Verse Concepts

having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Stay away from people like this! Verse Concepts

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith. You should do both and leave nothing undone. Verse Concepts

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

These people praise me with their words, said Jehovah, but they never draw near to me in their hearts (deepest thoughts). Their reverence for me comes from the repetitious tradition of men. Verse Concepts

They seek me day by day. They delight to know my ways like a nation that has done righteousness and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask me for justice and delight. They are pleased that God is near. Verse Concepts

These people honor me with their lips, but their heart (innermost thoughts) is far from me. Verse Concepts

Do not bring any more worthless grain offerings. Your incense is disgusting to me! So are your New Moon Festivals, your days of worship, and the assemblies you call. I cannot endure your evil assemblies! Verse Concepts

You observe days and months, seasons and years. I fear for you, that I have labored for you to no purpose (and failed).

When we were children, we too were held in bondage. We were slaves to the arrangement of this world. Verse Concepts

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

If you died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances: Do not handle. Do not taste. Do not touch. These are the precepts and doctrines of men. read more.
These have, indeed, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body. But these are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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

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

Christ abolished in his flesh the enmity (ill will), which the law of commandments contained in ordinances. That [way] he might create one new man, out of the two, with himself establishing peace. Verse Concepts

He blotted out the bond written in ordinances. It was against us and was contrary to us. He has taken it out of the way. He nailed it to the stake. Verse Concepts

The first covenant had ordinances for divine service, and an earthly sanctuary. Verse Concepts

Listen to the word of Jehovah (YHWH), you rulers of Sodom! Pay attention to the Law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! Jehovah says: What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me? I have had enough of your burnt offerings of rams and enough fat from your fattened calves. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats. Who requires you to trample on my courtyards when you appear in my presence? read more.
Do not bring any more worthless grain offerings. Your incense is disgusting to me! So are your New Moon Festivals, your days of worship, and the assemblies you call. I cannot endure your evil assemblies! I hate your New Moon Festivals and your appointed festivals. They are a burden to me. I am tired of putting up with them. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil. Learn to do good (well) (right). Seek justice. Correct oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.

The Holy Spirit revealed that the way into the Most Holy Place was not open while the tent was still in use. This is a symbol that points to the present time. It means that the offerings and animal sacrifices presented to God cannot make the worshiper's heart perfect, since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time comes to change them for something better.