Colossians 2:17

which are a shadow of the coming things, but the body [is] of the Christ;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a celebration, or of a new moon, or of Sabbaths,

18let no one deceive you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and [in] worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he has not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

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Cross References

Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you laboring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest;

Hebrews 4:1We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, anyone of you may seem to have come short,

Hebrews 9:9which [is] an allegory in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,

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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