Colossians 2:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ Don't be cheated by people who make a show of acting humble and who worship angels.^[a] They brag about seeing visions. But it is all nonsense, because their minds are filled with selfish desires. ^19 (A) They are no longer part of Christ, who is the head of the whole body. Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.

Christ Brings New Life

²⁰ You died with Christ. Now the forces of the universe^[b] don't have any power over you. Why do you live as if you had to obey such rules as,