Colossians 2
1 But I wish you to know what an agony I have for you and for those who are in Laodikia, and for the rest who have not seen my person in the flesh;
For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have in behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and so many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 that their hearts may be comforted, and that they may approach in love to all the riches of assurance, and to the understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of Aloha the Father and of the Meshiha,
in order that their hearts may be comforted, being knitted together in divine love, and in all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the perfect knowledge of the mystery of God, of Christ,
3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 But this I say, Let no man deceive you with the persuasion of words.
I say this in order that no one may deceive you with a persuasive speech.
5 For though in the flesh I am far from you, yet in the spirit I am with you; and I rejoice to behold your order, and the firmness of your faith in the Meshiha.
For if I am absent in the flesh, but I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the establishment of your faith toward Christ.
6 As, then, you have received Jeshu Meshiha our Lord, (so) in him walk,
Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk about in him,
7 your roots strengthened, and you builded in him, and established in that faith which you have learned, that you may abound therein with thanksgiving.
having been rooted and grounded in him, and confirmed in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man strip you by philosophy and by vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, and according to the principles of the world, and not according to the Meshiha,
See that no one shall be deceiving you through philosophy and empty delusion, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ,
9 in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
because in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
10 And in him also you are complete; for he is the head of all principalities and powers.
and you are complete in him, who is the head of all government and authority:
11 And in him you have been circumcised with the circumcision which is not with hands, by the putting away of the flesh of sins, (even) by the circumcision of the Meshiha.
in whom you are also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of depravity, in the circumcision of Christ;
12 And you have been buried with him by baptism, and in him have risen with him, who have believed in the power of Aloha who raised him from among the dead.
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you are also raised by the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead:
13 And you who were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he hath made alive with him, and forgiven us all our sins;
and you, being dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your depravity, has he created life in you along with himself, having forgiven us all transgressions,
14 and hath blotted out in his mandates the writing of our debts that was against us, and hath taken it from the midst, and affixed it to his cross;
having blotted out the handwriting which was against us in ordinances, which was antagonistical to us: and took it out from the midst, having nailed it to the cross;
15 and by the yielding up of his body he hath prostrated principalities and powers, and hath shamed them openly by himself.
having destroyed governments and authorities, he made a public exhibition of them triumphing over them on it.
16 LET no man therefore judge you in meat and in drink, or in the distinctions of festivals, and of new moons, and of shabeths,
Therefore let no one judge you in meat, or in drink, or in the participation of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath:
17 which are shadows of those to come, but the body is the Meshiha.
which things are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18 And lest any man wish by abasement of mind to fetter you to be subject to the worship of angels, intruding upon that which he hath not seen, and vainly inflated in his fleshly mind;
Let no one purposely rob you of your prize by humiliation and worship of the angels, trusting in those things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his depravity,
19 and not holding the Head, from whom all the body is composed and constituted in joints and limbs, and increaseth (with) the increase of Aloha.
and not holding the Head, from which the entire body, by joints and ligaments being supplied and knitted together, increases the increase of God.
20 For if you are dead with the Meshiha from the principles of the world, why as if you lived in the world are you judged? as that
If along with Christ you are dead from the elements of the world, why are you dogmatized as living in the world,
21 you are not to touch, nor to taste, nor to handle?
Touch not, taste not, handle not,
22 For these are of perishable use, and are ordinances and doctrines of men;
those things which are all unto destruction by use according to the commandments and teachings of the people?
23 and appear to have in them a reason of wisdom, with the look of humility and the fear of Aloha, (as) not sparing the body, (yet) not in that which is (really) of value, but in those (things) whose use pertains to the flesh.
Which indeed are having a word of wisdom in will worship, and humiliation, and austerity of the body; not in any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
