Colossians 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
1Volo enim vos scire qualem sollicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis qui sunt Laodiciæ, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne:
2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
2ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in caritate, et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris et Christi Jesu:
3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
3in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiæ et scientiæ absconditi.
4I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
4Hoc autem dico, ut nemo vos decipiat in sublimitate sermonum.
5For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
5Nam etsi corpore absens sum, sed spiritu vobiscum sum: gaudens, et videns ordinem vestrum, et firmamentum ejus, quæ in Christo est, fidei vestræ.
6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
6Sicut ergo accepistis Jesum Christum Dominum, in ipso ambulate,
7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
7radicati, et superædificati in ipso, et confirmati fide, sicut et didicistis, abundantes in illo in gratiarum actione.
8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
8Videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam, et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum:
9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
9quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter:
10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
10et estis in illo repleti, qui est caput omnis principatus et potestatis:
11In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
11in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manu facta in expoliatione corporis carnis, sed in circumcisione Christi:
12And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
12consepulti ei in baptismo, in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei, qui suscitavit illum a mortuis.
13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
13Et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis, et præputio carnis vestræ, convivificavit cum illo, donans vobis omnia delicta:
14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
14delens quod adversus nos erat chirographum decreti, quod erat contrarium nobis, et ipsum tulit de medio, affigens illud cruci:
15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
15et expolians principatus, et potestates traduxit confidenter, palam triumphans illos in semetipso.
16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
16Nemo ergo vos judicet in cibo, aut in potu, aut in parte diei festi, aut neomeniæ, aut sabbatorum:
17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
17quæ sunt umbra futurorum: corpus autem Christi.
18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
18Nemo vos seducat, volens in humilitate, et religione angelorum, quæ non vidit ambulans, frustra inflatus sensu carnis suæ,
19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
19et non tenens caput, ex quo totum corpus per nexus, et conjunctiones subministratum, et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei.
20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
20Si ergo mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis hujus mundi: quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis?
21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
21Ne tetigeritis, neque gustaveritis, neque contrectaveritis:
22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
22quæ sunt omnia in interitum ipso usu, secundum præcepta et doctrinas hominum:
23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
23quæ sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiæ in superstitione, et humilitate, et non ad parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.
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