Colossians 2:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ These things are only a shadow of what was to come. But Christ is real!

¹⁸ Don't be cheated by people who make a show of acting humble and who worship angels.^[a] They brag about seeing visions. But it is all nonsense, because their minds are filled with selfish desires. ^19 (A) They are no longer part of Christ, who is the head of the whole body. Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.