What does Colossians 2:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Let no man therefore judge you in meat,e or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:"
Verse 16. _LET NO MAN - JUDGE YOU IN MEAT, OR IN DRINK_] The apostle speaks here in reference to some particulars of the _hand-writing of ordinances_, which had been _taken away_, viz., the distincti...
LET NO MAN, THEREFORE, JUDGE YOU - compare Romans 14:10, note, 13, note. The word judge here is used in the sense of pronouncing a sentence. The meaning is, “since you have thus been delivered by Chri...
II. COMPLETE IN HIM, IN WHOM ALL THE FULLNESS DWELLS CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The mystery of God (Colossians 2:1)_ 2. Complete in Christ (Colossians 2:9) 3. Exhortations and warnings (Colossians 2:16) Colo...
AN URGENT WARNING AGAINST A DEGRADING THEOSOPHY. Let them not be led away by false reasonings, however persuasive. They must think of Paul, despite his bodily absence, as being with them in spirit (1...
LOVE'S STRUGGLE (Colossians 2:1) _ 2:1 I want you to know how great a struggle I am going through for you, and for the people of Laodicaea, and for all those who have never seen me face to face._ He...
NO. App-106. MAN. App-123. JUDGE. App-122. MEAT, &c.. eating and drinking. RESPECT. Litearal, part, i.e. taking part. HOLY DAY. feast. See Leviticus 23. NEW MOON. See 1 Chronicles 23:31. SABBATH...
Christian Liberty and Theories hostile to it 16. _therefore_ Such is the Christian's position in this sacrificed and triumphant Saviour. He stands possessed of the full inheritance of which the Mosai...
ΚΑῚ ἘΝ ΠΌΣΕΙ. καὶ is read only by B Pesh. Boh. Origen (once). Tert. (once), ἢ is read by Text. Rec. with אACD, etc. In spite of the following threefold ἢ the juxtaposition ἐν βρώσει καὶ ἐν πόσει is so...
ΚΡΙΝΈΤΩ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить, осуждать кого-л. (Abbott). _Praes. imper._ с _Отр.._ ΜΉ (G3361) призывает к прекращению развивающегося действия или указывает, что действие не до...
LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU, &C.— "Since therefore the ceremonial law is thus abolished, and since God without it has quickened you Gentiles, who were dead in sins, and uncircumcised; _let no man_...
16. LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU IN MEAT, OR IN DRINK, OR IN RESPECT OF A FEAST DAY OR A NEW MOON OR A SABBATH DAY: 17. WHICH ARE A SHADOW OF THE THINGS TO COME; BUT THE BODY IS CHRIST'S. _Translat...
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: THEREFORE - because, ye being complete in Christ, God has dispensed wi...
__ Doctrinal Correction 15 Not only is the believer exempt from the authority of the apostles of the Circumcision, but, in spirit, he is beyond the reach of all human jurisdiction. Even before His r...
THE FALSE TEACHING AND ITS REFUTATION 4-15. Hold fast to Christ the All-sufficient Saviour. PARAPHRASE. '(4) I emphasise these truths about Christ lest you should be beguiled by plausible persuasions...
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 2 V1 I am working for you. I am working for the peo...
LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU. — That is, _impose his own laws upon you._ See Colossians 2:8. (Comp. Romans 14:3; Romans 14:10, “Why dost thou judge thy brother?” in this same connection.) IN MEAT, O...
CHAPTER 2 WARNINGS AGAINST TWIN CHIEF ERRORS, BASED UPON PREVIOUS POSITIVE TEACHING Colossians 2:16 (R.V.) "Let no man therefore judge you." That "therefore" sends us back to what the Apostle has be...
The connexion with the preceding argument is this: Since the bond written in ordinances has been abolished, and the angelic powers spoiled and led in triumph, allow no one to criticise your action on...
AVOIDING ERRORS Colossians 2:13 The reiteration of the prepositions in and with emphasizes our close identification with our Savior. Such we are in the purpose of God, and so we should be in daily e...
If for a moment we glance back at the passage beginning with 1:24 and ending with 2:3, we find reference to a threefold mystery: the first, the Church, which is the Body of Christ; then the secret of...
Warnings About False Teaching Since the law of Moses had been nailed to the cross, Colossian Christians did not have to answer to anyone as to why they did not observe various parts of the law or som...
(15) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]: (15) The conclusion: in which also he means certain types, as the...
Let no man, therefore, judge you in meat or in drink. That is, for not abstaining from meats, called unclean, for drinking out of a cup without a cover, (see Numbers xix.) or for not keeping the Jewis...
(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, 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....
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
16._Let no one therefore judge you. _What he had previously said of circumcision he now extends to the difference of meats and days. For circumcision was the first introduction to the observance of th...
Thus we have a double ministry, as well as a double preeminence of Christ, and a double reconciliation; and each having a similar relationship the one to the other: Christ, the Head of all things in h...
LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU,.... Since they were complete in Christ, had everything in him, were circumcised in him; and particularly since the handwriting of the law was blotted out, and torn to p...
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath _days_ : Ver. 16. _Let no man therefore judge you_] That is, set not up any suc...
Col. 2:16. "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days." This does not preclude the Sabbath. The word is "a feast....
_Let no man, therefore_, &c. Seeing these things are so, and the ceremonial law is now abolished, let no one, who is in a bigoted manner attached to it, _judge_ and condemn _you_ Gentile Christians; t...
JUDGE YOU; pronounce you good or bad, according to your treatment of the ceremonial law. A HOLY - DAY-SABBATH - DAYS; in the original, a festival-sabbaths. The days referred to are those required to...
LET NO MAN, THEREFORE, JUDGE YOU IN MEAT, OR IN DRINK, OR IN RESPECT OF AN HOLY-DAY, OR OF THE NEW MOON, OR OF THE SABBATH-DAYS,...
CHRIST THE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE (vs.1-10) In verse 1 the unselfish faith and love of the apostle shines beautifully. He was as deeply concerned for believers who had not seen him as he was...
Christian Liberty - 2:16-23 16SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A FESTIVAL OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS, Do not let others judge you, as you should not judge others. (Matthew 7:...
IN MEAT, OR IN DRINK: Or, for eating and drinking RESPECT: Or, in part...
LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU IN MEAT, OR IN DRINK, OR IN RESPECT OF. FEAST DAY OR. NEW MOON OR. SABBATH DAY: 'LET NO MAN' -Christians are to guard the liberty and freedom which Christ has given th...
8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a philoso...
LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU; he infers none should be condemned: none condemns another for exercising Christian liberty; none hath power to judge and censure herein: q.d. Suffer not any one (he exc...
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus apostles ordained, that "we should not judge any one in respect to meat or drink, or in regard to a feast day, or the new moons, or the sabbaths."[81] Te...
Colossians 2:16 So G3767 let G2919 no G3361 one G5100 judge G2919 (G5720) you G5209 in G1722 food G1035 or G2228 in G1722 drink G4213 or G2228 regarding G1722 G3313 festival G1859 or G2228 moon G3561...
‘Therefore let no man judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day, which are a shadow of the things to come. But the body is of Christ.' Paul now stresse...
Colossians 2:16. LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU. ‘Therefore' bases these practical admonitions on the positive truths set forth in Colossians 2:8-15. ‘Judge,' sit in judgment, condemning you if you do...
LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU (μη τις υμας κρινετω). Prohibition present active imperative third singular, forbidding the habit of passing judgment in such matters. For κρινω see on Matthew 7:1. Paul has her...
Colossians 2:1. _For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;_ Paul had not met these Colossian Christ...
CONTENTS: Godhead incarnate in Christ. Danger of those who would entice away from Christ. Philosophy and legality, mysticism and asceticism. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: Believers who...
Colossians 2:1. _I would that ye knew what great conflict I have,_ in the inward feelings of my heart and wrestlings of prayer, _for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many,_ in the adjacent di...
SO LET NO ONE MAKE RULES. Since the Law was canceled, no one may force the Christian to keep its ritual and rites. WHAT YOU EAT. Jewish dietary rules (_see_ Leviticus 7:10-27) would not permit some fo...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:4 The Dangerous Teaching at Colossae. Paul delivers a series of warnings about the teaching that threatens the Colossian church. In doing so, he also provides important...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 2:16. LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU.—They could not well prevent an adverse judgment being given on their disregard of what the ritualists thought to be o...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 2:1 SECTION IV. THE APOSTLE'S CONCERN FOR THE COLOSSI. AN CHURCH. So far the contents of the letter have been of a general and preparatory character. New the writer begins to...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Colossians, chapter two. Paul had never visited Colosse. He had heard of the church from Epaphras, who was the minister there, who had told Paul of the love that the...
1 Chronicles 23:31; 1 Corinthians 10:28; 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 Samuel 20:18; 1 Samuel 20:5; 1 Timothy 4:3; 2 Kings 4:23; Acts 11:3; Acts 15:20;...
Therefore. Conclusion from the canceling of the bond. The allusions which follow (vers. 16 - 19) are to the practical and theoretical forms of the Colossian error, as in vers. 9 - 15; excessive ritual...
Therefore — Seeing these things are so. Let none judge you — That is, regard none who judge you. In meat or drink — For not observing the ceremonial law in these or any other particulars. Or in respec...
Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath? (See comments on Exodus 20:8-11 and Matthew 5:17-18)...
Here we have an inference or conclusion drawn by our apostle from the foregoing argument, that seeing the ceremonial law was now abolished, therefore none should take upon them to judge or condemn ano...