Colossians 2
1 For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Volo enim vos scire qualem solicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis, qui sunt Laodiciæ, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne:
2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ,
ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in charitate, et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris et Christi Iesu:
3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiæ, et scientiæ absconditi.
4 This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
Hoc autem dico, ut nemo vos decipiat in sublimitate sermonum.
5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Nam etsi corpore absens sum, sed spiritu vobiscum sum: gaudens, et videns ordinem vestrum, et firmamentum eius, quæ in Christo est, fidei vestræ.
6 As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,
Sicut ergo accepistis Iesum Christum Dominum, in ipso ambulate,
7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
radicati, et superædificati in ipso, et confirmati fide, sicut et didicistis, abundantes in illo in gratiarum actione:
8 Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
Videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam, et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum:
9 for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter:
10 and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
et estis in illo repleti, qui est caput omnis principatus, et potestatis:
11 in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manu facta in expoliatione corporis carnis, sed in circumcisione Christi:
12 having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
consepulti ei in baptismo, in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei, qui suscitavit illum a mortuis.
13 And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
Et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis, et præputio carnis vestræ, convivificavit cum illo, donans vobis omnia delicta:
14 having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
delens quod adversus nos erat chirographum decreti, quod erat contrarium nobis, et ipsum tulit de medio, affigens illud cruci:
15 having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
et expolians principatus, et potestates traduxit confidenter, palam triumphans illos in semetipso.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
Nemo ergo vos iudicet in cibo, aut in potu, aut in parte diei festi, aut neomeniæ, aut sabbatorum:
17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
quæ sunt umbra futurorum: corpus autem Christi.
18 Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Nemo vos seducat, volens in humilitate, et religione angelorum, quæ non vidit ambulans, frustra inflatus sensu carnis suæ,
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.
et non tenens caput, ex quo totum corpus per nexus, et coniunctiones subministratum, et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei.
20 If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
Si ergo mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis huius mundi: quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis?
21 Handle not, nor taste, nor touch
Ne tetigeritis, neque gustaveritis, neque contrectaveritis:
22 (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?
quæ sunt omnia in interitum ipso usu, secundum præcepta, et doctrinas hominum:
23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
quæ sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiæ in superstitione, et humilitate, et non ad parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.
