COLOSSIANS 2:13-16 READS IN STANDARD MIS-TRANSLATIONS:
2:13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
2:14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
2:16 Therefore let no man judge you in food [the Greek is a verb, not a noun] or in drink [the Greek is a verb, not a noun], or in regard of a festival, or a new moon, or Sabbaths,
2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the body "is" of Christ. [The word “is” has been added to the text here]
THE CORRECTED, LITERAL TRANSLATION BASE, WITH IDIOMS AND HEBRAIC BACKGROUND AND CULTURE OF THE PASSAGE CLARIFIED, IS AS FOLLOWS:
2:13 And you, being dead in your violations of Torah and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all your Torah violations,
2:14 Having wiped out the record of debt, the judgment brought down and written against us, and held against us. And He has taken that judgment and debt out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
2:15 Having disarmed the rulers and authorities of darkness, He triumphed over them publicly, putting them to shame, and triumphed over them concerning this.
2:16 Let no man condemn you therefore in eating or in drinking, either in participation of a festival, or of a New Moon, or of the Sabbaths,
2:17 which are but a shadow of things to come for the whole body of Messiah.
Copyright 9/4/05 by the Torah & Testimony Revealed Ministry
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