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Colossians 2:18-20
American Standard Version
Colossians 2:18-20
American Standard Version
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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- Colossians 2:18 Or, of his own mere will, by humility etc.
- Colossians 2:18 The Greek word denotes and act of reverence, whether paid to a creature, or to the Creator.
- Colossians 2:18 Or, taking his stand upon
- Colossians 2:18 Many authorities, some ancient, insert not.
- Colossians 2:20 Or, elements. See Gal. 4:3 margin.
Colossians 2:18-20
New International Version
Colossians 2:18-20
New International Version
18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(A) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(B) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head,(C) from whom the whole body,(D) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(E)
20 Since you died with Christ(F) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(G) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(H)
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