골로새서 2

1내가 너희와 라오디게아에 있는 자들과 무릇 내 육신의 얼굴을 보지 못한 자들을 위하여 어떻게 힘쓰는 것을 너희가 알기를 원하노니 2이는 저희로 마음에 위안을 받고 사랑 안에서 연합하여 원만한 이해의 모든 부요에 이르러 하나님의 비밀인 그리스도를 깨닫게 하려 함이라 3그 안에는 지혜와 지식의 모든 보화가 감취어 있느니라 4내가 이것을 말함은 아무도 공교한 말로 너희를 속이지 못하게 하려 함이니 5이는 내가 육신으로는 떠나 있으나 심령으로는 너희와 함께 있어 너희의 규모와 그리스도를 믿는 너희 믿음의 굳은 것을 기쁘게 봄이라 6그러므로 너희가 그리스도 예수를 주로 받았으니 그 안에서 행하되 7그 안에 뿌리를 박으며 세움을 입어 교훈을 받은 대로 믿음에 굳게 서서 감사함을 넘치게 하라 8누가 철학과 헛된 속임수로 너희를 노략할까 주의하라 이것이 사람의 유전과 세상의 초등학문을 좇음이요 그리스도를 좇음이 아니니라 9그 안에는 신성의 모든 충만이 육체로 거하시고 10너희도 그 안에서 충만하여졌으니 그는 모든 정사와 권세의 머리시라 11또 그 안에서 너희가 손으로 하지 아니한 할례를 받았으니 곧 육적 몸을 벗는 것이요 그리스도의 할례니라 12너희가 침례로 그리스도와 함께 장사한 바 되고 또 죽은 자들 가운데서 그를 일으키신 하나님의 역사를 믿음으로 말미암아 그 안에서 함께 일으키심을 받았느니라 13또 너희의 범죄와 육체의 무할례로 죽었던 너희를 하나님이 그와 함께 살리시고 우리에게 모든 죄를 사하시고 14우리를 거스리고 우리를 대적하는 의문에 쓴 증서를 도말하시고 제하여 버리사 십자가에 못 박으시고 15정사와 권세를 벗어버려 밝히 드러내시고 십자가로 승리하셨느니라 16그러므로 먹고 마시는 것과 절기나 월삭이나 안식일을 인하여 누구든지 너희를 폄론하지 못하게 하라 17이것들은 장래 일의 그림자이나 몸은 그리스도의 것이니라 18누구든지 일부러 겸손함과 천사 숭배함을 인하여 너희 상을 빼앗지 못하게 하라 저가 그 본 것을 의지하여 그 육체의 마음을 좇아 헛되이 과장하고 19머리를 붙들지 아니하는지라 온 몸이 머리로 말미암아 마디와 힘줄로 공급함을 얻고 연합하여 하나님이 자라게 하심으로 자라느니라 20너희가 세상의 초등 학문에서 그리스도와 함께 죽었거든 어찌하여 세상에 사는 것과 같이 의문에 순종하느냐 21곧 붙잡지도 말고 맛보지도 말고 만지지도 말라 하는 것이니 22(이 모든 것은 쓰는 대로 부패에 돌아가리라) 사람의 명과 가르침을 좇느냐 23이런 것들은 자의적 숭배와 겸손과 몸을 괴롭게 하는 데 지혜 있는 모양이나 오직 육체 좇는 것을 금하는 데는 유익이 조금도 없느니라

1For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, 3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden. 4Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech. 5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 6As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, 7rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving. 8Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ. 9For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily, 10and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power; 11in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ; 12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; 15having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 16Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, 17which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s. 18Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth. 20If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, 21“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch” 22(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men? 23Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

1Want ik wil, dat gij weet, hoe groten strijd ik voor u heb, en voor degenen, die te Laodicea zijn, en zo velen als er mijn aangezicht in het vlees niet hebben gezien; 2Opdat hun harten vertroost mogen worden, en zij samengevoegd zijn in de liefde, en dat tot allen rijkdom der volle verzekerdheid des verstands, tot kennis der verborgenheid van God en den Vader, en van Christus; 3In Denwelken al de schatten der wijsheid en der kennis verborgen zijn. 4En dit zeg ik, opdat niet iemand u misleide met beweegredenen, die een schijn hebben. 5Want hoewel ik met het vlees van u ben, nochtans ben ik met den geest bij u, mij verblijdende en ziende uw ordening, en de vastigheid van uw geloof in Christus. 6Gelijk gij dan Christus Jezus, den Heere, hebt aangenomen, wandelt alzo in Hem; 7Geworteld en opgebouwd in Hem, en bevestigd in het geloof, gelijkerwijs gij geleerd zijt, overvloedig zijnde in hetzelve, met dankzegging. 8Ziet toe, dat niemand u als een roof vervoere door de filosofie, en ijdele verleiding, naar de overlevering der mensen, naar de eerste beginselen der wereld, en niet naar Christus; 9Want in Hem woont al de volheid der Godheid lichamelijk; 10En gij zijt in Hem volmaakt, Die het Hoofd is van alle overheid en macht; 11In Welken gij ook besneden zijt met een besnijdenis, die zonder handen geschiedt, in de uittrekking van het lichaam der zonden des vleses, door de besnijdenis van Christus; 12Zijnde met Hem begraven in den doop, in welken gij ook met Hem opgewekt zijt door het geloof der werking Gods, Die Hem uit de doden opgewekt heeft. 13En Hij heeft u, als gij dood waart in de misdaden, en in de voorhuid uws vleses, mede levend gemaakt met Hem, al uw misdaden u vergevende; 14Uitgewist hebbende het handschrift, dat tegen ons was, in inzettingen bestaande, hetwelk, zeg ik, enigerwijze ons tegen was, en heeft datzelve uit het midden weggenomen, hetzelve aan het kruis genageld hebbende; 15En de overheden en de machten uitgetogen hebbende, heeft Hij die in het openbaar tentoongesteld, en heeft door hetzelve over hen getriomfeerd. 16Dat u dan niemand oordele in spijs of in drank, of in het stuk des feest dags, of der nieuwe maan, of der sabbatten; 17Welke zijn een schaduw der toekomende dingen, maar het lichaam is van Christus. 18Dat dan niemand u overheerse naar zijn wil in nederigheid en dienst der engelen, intredende in hetgeen hij niet gezien heeft, tevergeefs opgeblazen zijnde door het verstand zijns vleses; 19En het Hoofd niet behoudende, uit hetwelk het gehele lichaam, door de samenvoegselen en samenbindingen voorzien en samengevoegd zijnde, opwast met goddelijken wasdom. 20Indien gij dan met Christus de eerste beginselen der wereld zijt afgestorven, wat wordt gij, gelijk of gij in de wereld leefdet, met inzettingen belast? 21Namelijk raak niet, en smaak niet, en roer niet aan. 22Welke dingen alle verderven door het gebruik, ingevoerd naar de geboden en leringen der mensen; 23Dewelke wel hebben een schijn rede van wijsheid in eigenwilligen gods dienst en nederigheid, en in het lichaam niet te sparen, doch zijn niet in enige waarde, maar tot verzadiging van het vlees.