Colossians 2:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
17 Which are but a shadow of things to come: but the [a]body is in Christ.
18 [b]Let no man at his pleasure bear rule over you by [c]humbleness of mind, and worshipping of Angels, [d]advancing himself in those things which he never saw, [e][f]rashly puffed up with his fleshly mind,
19 [g]And holdeth not the [h]head, whereof all the body furnished and knit together by joints and bands, increaseth with the increasing of [i]God.
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- Colossians 2:17 The body as a thing of substance and pith, he setteth against shadows.
- Colossians 2:18 He disputeth against the first kind of corruptions, and setteth down the worshipping of Angels for an example: which kind of false religion he confuteth, first this way: because that they which being in such a worship, attribute that unto themselves which is proper only to God, to wit, authority to bind men’s consciences with religion, although they seem to bring in these things by humbleness of mind.
- Colossians 2:18 By a foolish humbleness of mind: for otherwise humbleness is a virtue. For these Angel worshippers blamed such of pride, as would go straight to God, and use no other under means besides Christ.
- Colossians 2:18 Secondly, because they rashly thrust upon them for oracles, those things which they neither saw nor heard, but devised of themselves.
- Colossians 2:18 Thirdly, because these things have no other ground, whereupon they are built, but only the opinion of men, which please themselves without all measure in their own duties.
- Colossians 2:18 Without reason.
- Colossians 2:19 The fourth argument, which is of great weight, because they spoil Christ of his dignity, who only is sufficient both to nourish, and also to increase his whole body.
- Colossians 2:19 Christ.
- Colossians 2:19 With the increasing which cometh from God.
Colossians 2:17-19
New International Version
17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(A) the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(B) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(C) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head,(D) from whom the whole body,(E) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(F)
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