Colossians 2:17
which things are but a shadow of those to come, while the body is Christ's.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me all you who are laboring and are loaded down, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 4:1Therefore we should fear, since a promise of entering His rest still stands, lest any one of you should expect to have come short of it.
Hebrews 9:9It was a figure during the time then present, a time when both gifts and sacrifices were being offered that were incapable of clearing the conscience of the worshiper—
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 →