Colossians 2

1 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,

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

2 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,

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

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

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

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

Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

5 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.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

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

As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

7 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.

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

8 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;

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.

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

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

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

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.

11 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,

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,

12 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.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13 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;

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

14 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;

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

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

Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

16 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,

Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

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

which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

18 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,

Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19 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.

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

20 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?

If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

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

“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”

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

(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

23 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.

These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.