Colossians 2:23
Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
KJV
ἅτινά ἐστιν λόγον μὲν ἔχοντα σοφίας ἐν ἐθελοθρησκίᾳ καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ ἀφειδίᾳ σώματος, οὐκ ἐν τιμῇ τινι πρὸς πλησμονὴν τῆς σαρκός.
Greek NT
quæ sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiæ in superstitione, et humilitate, et non ad parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.
Vulgate
Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
ASV
Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in superstition and humility, and not sparing the body; not in any honour to the filling of the flesh.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πλησμονή
plesmone
noun · 1×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
σοφία
sophia
noun · 51×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ταπεινοφροσύνη
tapeinophrosune
noun · 8×
τιμή
time
noun · 41×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀφειδία
apheidia
noun · 1×
ἐθελοθρησκεία
ethelothreskeia
noun · 1×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Abba Antony said, "Some have afflicted their bodies by asceticism, but they lack discernment, and so they are far from God."
We also believe that although it is useful and good for those who govern the churches to establish and set up a certain order among themselves for maintaining the body of the church, they ought always to guard against deviating from what Christ, our only Master, has ordained for us. Therefore we reject all human innovations and all laws imposed on us, in our worship of God, whi…
Unto the churches belonging to Christ there are requisite rites and ceremonies; yet a moderation is to be used therein, lest any should think that divine worship consists in them. If in the churches there are ceremonies which serve propriety and order, such are not hereby abolished. But we exhort men to be watchful lest among the godly ceremonies of the Church superstition cree…
That with respect to the commands and ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, where the Scriptures are silent as to the express time or manner of performance, if any such there be, no human authority has power to interfere, in order to supply the supposed deficiency by making laws for the Church.
Luther argues that monastic chapters and religious orders, insofar as they were founded on the notion that monastic life is a state of perfection superior to ordinary Christian life, are contrary to the chief article. They obscure the all-sufficiency of Christ's merit by teaching that human vows and works of supererogation earn merit before God. The Christian's vocation in the …
Cross-references
- 1Tim 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- 1Tim 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- 2Cor 11:13 — For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- Col 2:18 — Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
- Col 2:18 — Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
- Col 2:22 — Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
- Eccl 7:16 — Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
- Eph 5:29 — For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- Gal 6:12 — As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
- Gen 3:5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
- John 13:8 — Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
- Matt 15:3 — But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- Matt 23:27 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.