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Nicnequi xmatican ica sanoyej ninotequimaca chicahuac nemopampa, niman impampa on yejhuan nemij ne ipan on hueyican itoca Laodicea, niman impampa nochimej yejhuan xnechixmatij. Niquinnequilia para yejhuamej ma noyolehuacan, niman ma cuajli san secan nemican ican tetlajsojtlalistli. Ijcon, tej, nenquipiasquej nochi irriquezas on cajsicamatilistli san para huelis nenquimatisquej on tlen iichtacatzin Dios, yejhuan sa no yejhua Cristo. Ipan yejhua iyanticaj tesoros de on tlamatquilistli niman de on cajsicamatilistli.

Yejhua in nemechijlia nemejhuamej para ma ca yacaj mechcajcayahuas ica on tlajtojli yejhuan caquisti melahuac niman cualtetzin, pero xmelahuac. Masqui nejhua xnemotech ninemi ican notlalnacayo, nemechelnamiqui ipan noyojlo. Niman nipaqui ica nicmati cuajli nemohuicaj niman nenquipiaj melajqui nemotlaneltoc itech Cristo.

Ijcon quen nemejhuamej onenquiselijquej yejhua Cristo Jesús para nemoTeco, no xnemican san secan ihuan. Yejhua ipan xpiacan nemonelhuayo quen on cojtli nonelhuayotia ipan tlajli. Niman yejhua ipan xmoquitzquican quen on tepantli noquitzquia ipan on cimiento. Niman más xmocojtilican ipan nemotlaneltoc ijcon quen omechmachtijquej. Niman xmacacan hueyi tlaxtlahuijli Dios.

Yencuic nemilistli itech Cristo

Xmotacan sa no nemejhuamej. Ma ca yacaj xcahuilican mechcajcayahua ica on xcuajli temachtilistli yejhuan tecajcayahua ica on tlen xmelahuac. On quen on tlajtlamach temachtilistli, san intemachtilis niman incostumbres on tlalticpactlacamej. On temachtilistli xquisa itech Cristo.

Itech Cristo cuajli nesi nochi inemilis Dios. 10 Niman nententoquej ican inemilis Dios pampa nemejhuamej nennemij san secan ihuan Cristo yejhuan quinyecana nochimej on tequihuajquej niman nochimej on yejhuan quipiaj poder.

11 No ijqui pampa Cristo nemi ipan nemoyojlo, onenquiselijquej on nescayotl itoca circuncisión. Pero xejhua on nescayotl yejhuan notetlalilia ipan tenacayo quen quichihuaj on hebreos, yej yejhua ica on nescayotl yejhuan Cristo oquitlalij ipan teyojlo. On yejhuan quipiaj on nescayotl ipan inyojlo xoc quichihuaj on tlen inxcuajli elehuilis quinequi. 12 Ijcuac onemocuatequijquej, onenquiteititijquej ica onemotlaltocaquej ihuan Cristo. (In quijtosnequi ica on achtoj nemoelehuilis onotlaltocac ihuan Cristo.) Niman no ijqui ihuan onemoyolitijquej ican yencuic nemoelehuilis. Nochi on onochiu pampa onenquineltocaquej ipoder Dios yejhuan ica oquiyolihuitij Cristo niman oquetzteu ne ipan itlalcon. 13 Ipan ocsequi tonaltin catcaj nemejhuamej nemimictoyaj ixpan Dios ipampa nemotlajtlacol niman ipampa ielehuilis nemotlalnacayo yejhuan nenquipiayaj. Pero aman Dios mechmaca nemilistli ihuan Cristo. Niman otechtlapojpolhuilij nochi totlajtlacol. 14 Dios oquipopoloj itlanahuatil niman nochi on tlen ipan on tlanahuatijli technahuatia. In tlanahuatijli techtlahuelitaya niman techtlajtlacolmacaya. Pero ijcuac Cristo omic ipan cojnepanojli, Dios oquipopoloj on tlanahuatijli. 15 Ijcuac Cristo omic ne ipan cojnepanojli, Dios oquitlaquijquixtilij on diablo niman on yejhuan quipiaj poder ipan ajacatl, niman oquimpijpinajtij ne teixpan. Itechcopa icojnepanol Cristo, Dios oquintlan.

Xtejtemocan on tlajtlamach yejhuan quisa ne ilhuicac

16 Yejhua ica, ma ca xmocahuilican yacaj mechistlaco ica on tlen nenquicuaj niman nenconij, noso ica on tla xnenquichihuaj on ilhuimej, noso ijcuac yencuic metztli, noso ica on tla nion xnenquejehuaj on tonajli ijcuac on hebreos nosehuiaj. 17 Nochi yejhua in xitlaj ica tepalehuiya. In quen itlaj tlasehuajlotl de on tlen huajlas, pero nochi on tlen melahuac sa no yejhua Cristo. 18 Ma ca xmocahuilican mechquixtilican on nemotetlayocolil yejhuamej on yejhuan nopohuaj quen sanoyej yolyemanquej niman quinyectenehuaj on ilhuicactequitquej. Yejhuamej quijtohuaj ica quiseliaj intlamatquilis intechcopa on tetlajtlachalistin yejhuan quen intemicpan, niman sanoyej nohueyimatij ican intlamachilis yejhuan ica quinemiliaj nochi tlajtlamach de in tlalticpactli. 19 Yejhuamej xcuajli quitlacamatij Cristo, on yejhuan tlayecanquetl campa tejhuamej titochihuaj icuerpo. Yejhua techtlacualtijticaj niman techsentlalijticaj san secan quen se tlalnacayotl yejhuan cuajli sajsalijticaj nochihuiyan. Niman Dios no techiscaltia.

20 Pampa yonenmiquej ihuan Cristo, xoc polihui mechmandaros on temachtilistli niman incostumbres on tlalticpactlacamej. Yejhua ica, ¿tlica oc nennemij quen on yejhuan xtlapohualtij itech imiquilis Cristo? ¿Tlica nenquitlacamatij on tlanahuatiltin 21 yejhuan quijtohuaj: “Ma ca xcua yejhua in, nion ma ca xmati, niman nion ma ca xtelo”? 22 Nochi quen on tlacuajli tlamis ijcuac nocuas. Nochi yejhua in tlanahuatiltin niman temachtijli hualejticaj intech on tlacamej. 23 Nochi in tlanahuatiltin nesi quen sanoyej hueyi quijtosnequi, pampa on yejhuan quitlacamatij sanoyej tequitij para cuajli quejehuasquej intlaneltoc, niman para yolyemanquej yesquej niman para quitlajyohuiltisquej intlalnacayo. Pero xitlaj ica tepalehuiya para quitlajcalisquej on xcuajli elehuilistli.

I want you to know how hard I am contending(A) for you and for those at Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not met me personally. My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart(C) and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery(D) of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(E) I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.(F) For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit(G) and delight to see how disciplined(H) you are and how firm(I) your faith in Christ(J) is.

Spiritual Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,(K) continue to live your lives in him, rooted(L) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(M) and overflowing with thankfulness.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(N) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(O) rather than on Christ.

For in Christ all the fullness(P) of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(Q) over every power and authority.(R) 11 In him you were also circumcised(S) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b](T) was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(U) in which you were also raised with him(V) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(W)

13 When you were dead in your sins(X) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive(Y) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(Z) 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(AA) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(AB) 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(AC) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(AD) by the cross.[e]

Freedom From Human Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(AE) by what you eat or drink,(AF) or with regard to a religious festival,(AG) a New Moon celebration(AH) or a Sabbath day.(AI) 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(AJ) the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(AK) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(AL) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head,(AM) from whom the whole body,(AN) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(AO)

20 Since you died with Christ(AP) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(AQ) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(AR) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(AS) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(AT) 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility(AU) and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
  2. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
  3. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
  4. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
  5. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him