Col 2:6-23 | ESV | STEP | Therefore , as you received Christ Jesus the Lord , so walk in him ,

6 ^aTherefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 ^brooted and ^cbuilt up in him and ^destablished in the faith, just ^eas you were taught, abounding ^fin thanksgiving.

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by ^gphilosophy and ^hempty deceit, according to ⁱhuman tradition, according to the ^jelemental spirits ^{▼▼Or elementary principles; also verse 20} of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For ^lin him the whole fullness of deity dwells ^mbodily, 10 and ⁿyou have been filled in him, who is ^othe head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also ^pyou were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by ^qputting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 ^rhaving been buried with him in baptism, in which ^syou were also raised with him through faith in ^tthe powerful working of God, ^uwho raised him from the dead. 13 ^vAnd you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God ^wmade alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by ^xcanceling ^ythe record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 ^zHe disarmed the rulers and authorities ^{▼▼Probably demonic rulers and authorities} and ^abput them to open shame, by ^actriumphing over them in him. ^{▼▼Or in it (that is, the cross)}

Let No One Disqualify You

16 Therefore let no one ^aepass judgment on you ^afin questions of food and drink, or with regard to ^aga festival or ^aha new moon or a Sabbath. 17 ^aiThese are a shadow of the things to come, but ^ajthe substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one ^akdisqualify you, ^alinsisting on asceticism and worship of angels, ^amgoing on in detail about visions, ^{▼▼Or about the things he has seen} ^aopuffed up without reason by ^aphis sensuous mind, 19 and ^aqnot ^arholding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

20 If with Christ ^asyou died to the ^atelemental spirits of the world, ^auwhy, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 ^av“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ( ^awreferring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^axhuman precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in ^aypromoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are ^azof no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.