Colossians 2:17

which things are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is in Christ,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

In Context

16Let no one judge you, therefore, in meat or in drink, or in respect to a feast, or the new moon, or sabbaths,

18Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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Cross References

Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you that are weary, and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 4:1Let us fear, therefore, lest, as a promise of entering into his rest still remains, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Hebrews 9:9which, as a symbol, remains to the present time, in which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that can not make perfect, as it respects the conscience, him that does the service;

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:17-23

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment… Read the whole commentary →

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