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18 Let no man rob you of your prize [a]by a voluntary humility and [b]worshipping of the angels, [c]dwelling in the things which he hath [d]seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.

20 If ye died with Christ from the [e]rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:18 Or, of his own mere will, by humility etc.
  2. Colossians 2:18 The Greek word denotes and act of reverence, whether paid to a creature, or to the Creator.
  3. Colossians 2:18 Or, taking his stand upon
  4. Colossians 2:18 Many authorities, some ancient, insert not.
  5. Colossians 2:20 Or, elements. See Gal. 4:3 margin.