Colossenes 2
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Volo enim vos scire qualem sollicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis qui sunt Laodiciæ, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne:
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,
2ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in caritate, et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris et Christi Jesu:
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,
3in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiæ et scientiæ absconditi.
3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4Hoc autem dico, ut nemo vos decipiat in sublimitate sermonum.
4I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
5Nam etsi corpore absens sum, sed spiritu vobiscum sum: gaudens, et videns ordinem vestrum, et firmamentum ejus, quæ in Christo est, fidei vestræ.
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.
6Sicut ergo accepistis Jesum Christum Dominum, in ipso ambulate,
6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
7radicati, et superædificati in ipso, et confirmati fide, sicut et didicistis, abundantes in illo in gratiarum actione.
7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8Videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam, et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum:
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.
9quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter:
9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
10et estis in illo repleti, qui est caput omnis principatus et potestatis:
10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
11in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manu facta in expoliatione corporis carnis, sed in circumcisione Christi:
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.
12consepulti ei in baptismo, in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei, qui suscitavit illum a mortuis.
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.
13Et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis, et præputio carnis vestræ, convivificavit cum illo, donans vobis omnia delicta:
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,
14delens quod adversus nos erat chirographum decreti, quod erat contrarium nobis, et ipsum tulit de medio, affigens illud cruci:
14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
15et expolians principatus, et potestates traduxit confidenter, palam triumphans illos in semetipso.
15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
16Nemo ergo vos judicet in cibo, aut in potu, aut in parte diei festi, aut neomeniæ, aut sabbatorum:
16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
17quæ sunt umbra futurorum: corpus autem Christi.
17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
18Nemo vos seducat, volens in humilitate, et religione angelorum, quæ non vidit ambulans, frustra inflatus sensu carnis suæ,
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.
19et non tenens caput, ex quo totum corpus per nexus, et conjunctiones subministratum, et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei.
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.
20Si ergo mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis hujus mundi: quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis?
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:
21Ne tetigeritis, neque gustaveritis, neque contrectaveritis:
21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
22quæ sunt omnia in interitum ipso usu, secundum præcepta et doctrinas hominum:
22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
23quæ sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiæ in superstitione, et humilitate, et non ad parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.
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.
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