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1 For I wish you knew how great my concern is for you, and for those of Laodicea, and for such as have never seen me in person: For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.
2 that their hearts might be comforted, and that being firmly united in love, they might possess the highest and fullest persuasion of the truth of this doctrine, by entring into this mystery, even of God the father, and of Christ, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
3 in whom are reserv'd all the treasures of wd om and knowledge. in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 I mention this, lest any one should deceive you by specious pretences. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.
5 for tho' I am absent in person, yet I am present with you in my mind, and am glad to perceive the regularily of your affairs, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
6 continue therefore to follow the doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you have receiv'd it: Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
7 being firmly attach'd to, and founded upon him: establishing yourselves in the faith you have been taught, and being thankful for the improvement you make therein. rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8 beware lest any one seduce you by the vain illusions of philosophy, founded upon human traditions, and meer shadows, and not upon Christ: See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
9 for in him all divine plenitude does substantially reside. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
10 and ye are filled by him, who is the chief of all principality and power: and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
11 by whom also ye have obtain'd the true spiritual circumcision, not effected by men, when you were by a christian circumcision divested of all your carnal affections, In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,
12 which were buried (as Christ was) in your baptism, by virtue of which you rise (as he did) to a new life, through a belief of that divine power, which raised him from the dead. having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 Even you, who were in a dying sinful state, and were uncircumcised Gentiles, has God raised to life, as he did Christ, having pardoned all your sins: And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
14 and cancell'd the obligation of the ceremonial law, which was disadvantageous to us, removing that which divided us, and nailing it to the cross. by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
15 and having divested principalitys and powers, he made them an example of obedience, and caus'd them to triumph in Christ. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
16 Let no man therefore condemn you for meats or drinks, or in respect of feasts, or new moons, or sabbaths: Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
17 for these were only the shadows of future things, prefiguring Christ, who is the substance. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
18 Let no man condemn you, from an affectation of humility, in worshipping of Angels, boldly prying into matters which he knows nothing of, being vainly puft up with his Jewish conceits: Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
19 not adhering to the head, from which all the parts of the body derive its nutrition, and being firmly united together by its joints and ligaments, receives a divine increase. and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
20 If then you are dead with Christ, in respect of those shadows of the Jewish state; why do ye, as if you were still in that state, submit to those ordinances? If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
21 "don't eat this, don't taste that, nor touch it:" “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!|?
22 which yet were all made to be consumed for our use, notwithstanding the injunctions and doctrines of men: (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
23 by which indeed they make a pretence to wisdom, by a worship of their own devising, by an air of humility, and self-denial, and a disregard to the gratifications of sense. These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
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