Colossians 2:14-17

Alive in Christ

¹⁴ by _c canceling _d the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ _w He disarmed the rulers and authorities ₁ and _e put them to open shame, by _f triumphing over them in him. ₂

Let No One Disqualify You

¹⁶ Therefore let no one _g pass judgment on you _h in questions of food and drink, or with regard to _i a festival or _j a new moon or a Sabbath. ¹⁷ _k These are a shadow of the things to come, but _l the substance belongs to Christ.

1. Cross References
   Acts 3:19
   Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 7:4
   Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
   
3. Cross References
   Colossians 2:11
   In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 3:15
   I will put enmity between you and the woman, an...
   Psalms 68:18
   You ascended on high, leading a host of captive...
   Isaiah 53:12
   Therefore I will divide him a portion with the ...
   Matthew 12:29
   Or how can someone enter a strong man's house a...
   Luke 10:18
   And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lig...
   John 12:31
   Now is the judgment of this world; now will the...
   John 16:11
   Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this ...
   Ephesians 4:8
   Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he...
   Hebrews 2:14
   Since therefore the children share in flesh and...
   
5. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:16
   And might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
   
6. Cross References
   Romans 14:3
   Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
   Romans 14:10
   Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
   Romans 14:13
   Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
   
7. Cross References
   Romans 14:17
   For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
   Hebrews 9:10
   But deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
   Leviticus 11:2
   Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
   
8. Cross References
   Leviticus 23:2
   Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.
   Romans 14:5
   One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
   
9. Cross References
   Mark 2:28
   So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.
   Numbers 28:11
   At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord : two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish.
   
10. Cross References
    Hebrews 8:5
    They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.
    Hebrews 10:1
    For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
    
11. Cross References
    Colossians 2:2
    That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ.