Colossians 2:13-23 ▼

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:

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.

15 and having divested principalitys and powers, he made them an example of obedience, and caus'd them to triumph in Christ.

16 Let no man therefore condemn you for meats or drinks, or in respect of feasts, or new moons, or sabbaths:

17 for these were only the shadows of future things, prefiguring Christ, who is the substance.

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:

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.

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?

21 "don't eat this, don't taste that, nor touch it:"

22 which yet were all made to be consumed for our use, notwithstanding the injunctions and doctrines of men:

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.