Colossenes 2

1 Volo enim vos scire qualem solicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis, qui sunt Laodiciæ, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne:

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

2 ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in charitate, et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris et Christi Iesu:

That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

3 in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiæ, et scientiæ absconditi.

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4 Hoc autem dico, ut nemo vos decipiat in sublimitate sermonum.

And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words.

5 Nam etsi corpore absens sum, sed spiritu vobiscum sum: gaudens, et videns ordinem vestrum, et firmamentum eius, quæ in Christo est, fidei vestræ.

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

6 Sicut ergo accepistis Iesum Christum Dominum, in ipso ambulate,

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:

7 radicati, et superædificati in ipso, et confirmati fide, sicut et didicistis, abundantes in illo in gratiarum actione:

Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

8 Videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam, et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum:

Beware lest any man make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

9 quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter:

For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

10 et estis in illo repleti, qui est caput omnis principatus, et potestatis:

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

11 in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manu facta in expoliatione corporis carnis, sed in circumcisione Christi:

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

12 consepulti ei in baptismo, in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei, qui suscitavit illum a mortuis.

Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are raised with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

13 Et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis, et præputio carnis vestræ, convivificavit cum illo, donans vobis omnia delicta:

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

14 delens quod adversus nos erat chirographum decreti, quod erat contrarium nobis, et ipsum tulit de medio, affigens illud cruci:

Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

15 et expolians principatus, et potestates traduxit confidenter, palam triumphans illos in semetipso.

[And] having despoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

16 Nemo ergo vos iudicet in cibo, aut in potu, aut in parte diei festi, aut neomeniæ, aut Sabbatorum:

Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy-day, or or the new-moon, or of the sabbaths:

17 quæ sunt umbra futurorum: corpus autem Christi.

Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.

18 Nemo vos seducat, volens in humilitate, et religione Angelorum, quæ non vidit ambulans, frustra inflatus sensu carnis suæ,

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19 et non tenens caput, ex quo totum corpus per nexus, et coniunctiones subministratum, et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei.

And not holding the head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

20 Si ergo mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis huius mundi: quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis?

Wherefore, if ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

21 Ne tetigeritis, neque gustaveritis, neque contrectaveritis:

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

22 quæ sunt omnia in interitum ipso usu, secundum præcepta, et doctrinas hominum:

Which all are to perish with the using; ) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

23 quæ sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiæ in superstitione, et humilitate, et non ad parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.