Colossenes 2
1 volo enim vos scire qualem sollicitudinem habeam pro vobis et pro his qui sunt Laodiciae et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 ut consolentur corda ipsorum instructi in caritate et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris Christi Iesu
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
3 in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiae et scientiae absconditi
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
4 hoc autem dico ut nemo vos decipiat in subtilitate sermonum
Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
5 nam et si corpore absens sum sed spiritu vobiscum sum gaudens et videns ordinem vestrum et firmamentum eius quae in Christo est fidei vestrae
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 sicut ergo accepistis Christum Iesum Dominum in ipso ambulate
As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
7 radicati et superaedificati in ipso et confirmati fide sicut et didicistis abundantes in gratiarum actione
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
8 videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum secundum elementa mundi et non secundum Christum
Be careful that you do not let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.
9 quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter
For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
10 et estis in illo repleti qui est caput omnis principatus et potestatis
and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.
11 in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manufacta in expoliatione corporis carnis in circumcisione Christi
In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,
12 consepulti ei in baptismo in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei qui suscitavit illum a mortuis
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis et praeputio carnis vestrae convivificavit cum illo donans vobis omnia delicta
You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 delens quod adversum nos erat chirografum decretis quod erat contrarium nobis et ipsum tulit de medio adfigens illud cruci
wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
15 expolians principatus et potestates traduxit palam triumphans illos in semet ipso
Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 nemo ergo vos iudicet in cibo aut in potu aut in parte diei festi aut neomeniae aut sabbatorum
Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
17 quae sunt umbra futurorum corpus autem Christi
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
18 nemo vos seducat volens in humilitate et religione angelorum quae non vidit ambulans frustra inflatus sensu carnis suae
Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 et non tenens caput ex quo totum corpus per nexus et coniunctiones subministratum et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.
20 si mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis mundi quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis
If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
21 ne tetigeris neque gustaveris neque contrectaveris
“Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”
22 quae sunt omnia in interitu ipso usu secundum praecepta et doctrinas hominum
(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
23 quae sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiae in superstitione et humilitate et ad non parcendum corpori non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis
These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
