Colossians 2:6-17

New American Standard Bible

⁶ Therefore, as you have received ^(A)Christ Jesus the Lord, so ^[a](B)walk in Him, ⁷ having been firmly ^(C)rooted and now being ^(D)built up in Him and ^(E)established ^[b]in ^[c]your faith, just as you ^(F)were instructed, and overflowing ^[d]with gratitude.

^8 (G)See to it that there is no one who takes you captive through ^(H)philosophy and empty deception in accordance with human tradition, in accordance with the ^(I)elementary principles of the world, ^[e]rather than in accordance with Christ. ⁹ For in Him all the ^(J)fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, ¹⁰ and in Him you have been ^(K)made ^[f]complete, and ^(L)He is the head ^[g]over every ^(M)ruler and authority; ¹¹ and in Him ^(N)you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of ^(O)the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, ¹² having been ^(P)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also ^(Q)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who ^(R)raised Him from the dead. ¹³ And ^[h]when you were ^(S)dead ^[i]in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He ^(T)made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, ¹⁴ having canceled ^(U)the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and ^(V)He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. ¹⁵ When He had ^[j](W)disarmed the ^(X)rulers and authorities, He ^(Y)made a public display of them, having ^(Z)triumphed over them through ^[k]Him.

¹⁶ Therefore, no one is to ^[l](AA)act as your judge in regard to ^(AB)food and ^(AC)drink, or in respect to a ^(AD)festival or a ^(AE)new moon, or a ^(AF)Sabbath ^[m]day— ¹⁷ things which are only a ^(AG)shadow of what is to come; but the ^[n]substance ^[o]belongs to Christ.