Verse 23
Colossians 2:23
World English Bible
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Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Original Language Text
greek
ἅτινά ἐστιν λόγον μὲν ἔχοντα σοφίας ἐν ἐθελοθρησκίᾳ καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ ἀφειδίᾳ σώματος, οὐκ ἐν τιμῇ τινι πρὸς πλησμονὴν τῆς σαρκός.
English Translation
Which have a reason of wisdom in self-worship and humility and lack of restraint of the body, not in any honor towards the indulgence of the flesh.
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that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the...
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in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
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Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
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For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your orde...
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As therefore you received Christ Yashua (Jesus), the Lord, walk in him,
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rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it i...
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Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradi...
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For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
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and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
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in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the...
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wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, n...
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having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over th...
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Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new mo...
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which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
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Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in t...
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and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through...
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If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you s...
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(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
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Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the bo...