Colossians 2

1 FOR I wish you to know how great a struggle I sustain for you, and those at Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

I want for you to know how great a struggle I am having (for *N+kO) you and those in Laodicea and as many as not have seen the face of me in [the] flesh,

2 that their hearts may be comforted, firmly united together in love, and unto all riches of full assurance of understanding, in the knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

that may be encouraged the hearts of them (being knit together *N+kO) in love and to (all *N+kO) (the *o) (richness *N+kO) of the full assurance of understanding to [the] knowledge of the mystery of God (and *K) (Father *KO) (and *K) (the *KO) Christ,

3 in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge hidden;

4 Now this I say, lest any man pervert you with specious discourse.

This (now *ko) I say so that (no one *N+kO) you may delude by persuasive speech;

5 For though I am absent from you in person, yet I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing and beholding your regular order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

If truly even in the flesh I am absent, yet in spirit with you I am, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the firmness of the in Christ faith of you.

6 As therefore ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him:

Just as therefore you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, in Him do walk

7 rooted and built up on him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

rooted and being built up in Him and being strengthened in (in *ko) the faith even as you were taught, abounding (in to her *ko) with thanksgiving.

8 Beware that no man make a prey of you by means of philosophy and vain delusion, after the tradition of men, after the principles of the world, and not after Christ:

do take heed lest anyone you there will be who is taking captive through philosophy and empty deceit according to the tradition of men, according to the principles of the world and not according to Christ;

9 for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily,

10 and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power:

and you are in Him completed, who is the head of all rule and authority;

11 in whom also ye have been circumcised with the circumcision not made with hands, by the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ:

in whom also you were circumcised with [the] circumcision made without hands in the removal of the body (of the sins *K) of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,

12 buried with him in baptism, in which also ye have been raised up together with him by faith, the energy of God, who raised him from the dead.

having been buried with Him in (baptism *N+kO) in which also you were raised with [Him] through the faith of the working of God the [One who] having raised Him out from (the *k) dead.

13 And you, who were dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened with him, freely forgiving you all trespasses;

And you dead being in the trespasses and in the uncircumcision of the flesh of you, He made alive together (you *NO) with Him having forgiven us all the transgressions;

14 and hath blotted out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was the obstacle to us, and took it from the midst, nailing it to the cross;

having blotted out the against us handwriting in the decrees which was adverse to us, and it He has taken out of the way having nailed it to the cross;

15 spoiling principalities and powers, he exposed them to view openly, triumphing over them on it.

Having disarmed the rulers and the authorities He disgraced [them] in public, having triumphed over them in it.

16 Let no man therefore judge you concerning what you eat, or what you drink, or the observance of a feast, or new moon, or the sabbaths;

Not therefore anyone you should judge in regard to food (or *N+kO) in regard to drink or in regard to a feast or a New Moon or Sabbaths,

17 which are merely shadows of things to come: but the body is Christ’s.

which are a shadow of the [things] coming, the however body [is] of Christ.

18 Let no man juggle you out of your prize, voluntary in his humility and the worship of angels, intruding into things which he never saw, vainly puffed up by his carnal imagination;

No one you should disqualify delighting in humility and [the] worship of the angels, which (not *K) he has seen detailing vainly being puffed up by the mind of the flesh of him,

19 and not firmly attached to the head, from which the whole body, by joints and ligaments, harmoniously adjusted and closely compacted, increaseth with increase from God.

and not holding fast to the head from whom all the body through the joints and ligaments being supplied and being knit together it increases with the increase of God.

20 If then ye have been dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye dogmatically taught,

If (therefore *K) you have died with Christ away from the principles of the world, why as if living in [the] world do you submit to decrees?

21 eat not, nor talk, nor touch,

Not you may handle Not you may taste Not you may touch!

22 (all which things tend to corruption by abuse) according to the injunctions and doctrines of men?

which are all unto decay with the use according to the commandments and teachings of men;

23 Which things indeed hold forth an appearance of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and bodily mortification, though not of any value, but a gratification to the flesh.

which are an appearance indeed having of wisdom with self-imposed worship and with humility and with harsh treatment of [the] body, not of honor a certain against [the] indulgence of the flesh.