Colossians 2:15-23

English Standard Version

^15 (A)He disarmed the rulers and authorities^[a] and ^(B)put them to open shame, by ^(C)triumphing over them in him.^[b]

Let No One Disqualify You

¹⁶ Therefore let no one ^(D)pass judgment on you ^(E)in questions of food and drink, or with regard to ^(F)a festival or ^(G)a new moon or a Sabbath. ^17 (H)These are a shadow of the things to come, but ^(I)the substance belongs to Christ. ¹⁸ Let no one ^(J)disqualify you, ^(K)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, ^(L)going on in detail about visions,^{[c] (M)}puffed up without reason by ^(N)his sensuous mind, ¹⁹ and ^(O)not ^(P)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

²⁰ If with Christ ^(Q)you died to the ^(R)elemental spirits of the world, ^(S)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— ^21 (T)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” ²² (^(U)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^(V)human precepts and teachings? ²³ These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in ^(W)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are ^(X)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.