Colossians 2:17

which are shadows of those to come, but the body is the Meshiha.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16LET no man therefore judge you in meat and in drink, or in the distinctions of festivals, and of new moons, and of shabeths,

18And lest any man wish by abasement of mind to fetter you to be subject to the worship of angels, intruding upon that which he hath not seen, and vainly inflated in his fleshly mind;

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Cross References

Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all you (who) are wearied and bearing burdens, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 4:1Let us fear, therefore, lest, while there is a confirmed promise of an entrance into his rest, any one shall be found among you remaining from entering in.

Hebrews 9:9And this was a figurative representation for the time in which oblations and victims have been offered;-those which have not been able to perfect the consciousness of him who offered them;

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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