Thematic Bible
Colossians 2:1 (show verse)
I want you to know in how great a struggle I am engaged for you and for Christ's People at Laodicea, and for all who have not yet seen me;
Colossians 2:2 (show verse)
In the hope that they, being bound to one another by love, and keeping in view the full blessedness of a firm conviction, may be encouraged to strive for a perfect knowledge of God's hidden Truth,
Colossians 2:3 (show verse)
Even Christ himself, in whom all treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden.
Colossians 2:4 (show verse)
I say this to prevent any one from deceiving you by plausible arguments.
Colossians 2:5 (show verse)
It is true that I am not with you in person, but I am with you in spirit, and am glad to see the good order and the unbroken front resulting from your faith in Christ.
Colossians 2:6 (show verse)
Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him--
Colossians 2:7 (show verse)
Rooted in him, building up your characters through union with him, growing stronger through your faith, as you were taught, overflowing with faith and thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:8 (show verse)
Take care there is not some one who will carry you away by his 'philosophy'--a hollow sham!--following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.
Colossians 2:9 (show verse)
For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;
Colossians 2:10 (show verse)
And, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the Head of all Archangels and Powers of Heaven.
Colossians 2:11 (show verse)
By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ.
Colossians 2:12 (show verse)
For in baptism you were buried with Christ; and in baptism you were also raised to Life with him, through your faith in the omnipotence of God, who raised him from the dead.
Colossians 2:13 (show verse)
And to you, who once were 'dead,' by reason of your sins and your uncircumcised nature--to you God gave Life in giving life to Christ! He pardoned all our sins!
Colossians 2:14 (show verse)
He canceled the bond which stood against us--the bond that consisted of ordinances--and which was directly hostile to us! He has taken it out of our way by nailing it to the cross!
Colossians 2:15 (show verse)
He rid himself of all the Powers of Evil, and held them up to open contempt, when he celebrated his triumph over them on the cross!
Colossians 2:16 (show verse)
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.
Colossians 2:17 (show verse)
These things are only the shadow of what is to come; the substance is in the Christ.
Colossians 2:18 (show verse)
Do not let any one defraud you of the reality by affecting delight in so-called 'humility' and angel-worship. Such a man busies himself with his visions, and without reason is rendered conceited by his merely human intellect.
Colossians 2:19 (show verse)
He fails to maintain union with the Head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and Keynesian of every part, grows with a divine growth.
Colossians 2:20 (show verse)
Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as though your life were still that of the world,
Colossians 2:21 (show verse)
To such ordinances as 'Do not handle, or taste, or touch'?
Colossians 2:22 (show verse)
For all the things referred to in them cease to exist when used. You are following mere human directions and instructions.
Colossians 2:23 (show verse)
Such prohibitions appear reasonable where there is a desire for self-imposed service, and so-called 'humility,' and harsh treatment of the body, but are of no real value against the indulgence of our earthly nature.