Colossians 2:10,17
Colossians 2:8-10 The Message (MSG)
Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything.
Colossians 2:16-17 The Message (MSG)
So don’t put up with anyone pressuring you in details of diet, worship services, or holy days. All those things are mere shadows cast before what was to come; the substance is Christ.
Colossians 2:10 King James Version (KJV)
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power
Colossians 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Colossians 2:10 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority
Colossians 2:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
Colossians 2:10 New Century Version (NCV)
and you have a full and true life in Christ, who is ruler over all rulers and powers.
Colossians 2:17 New Century Version (NCV)
These things were like a shadow of what was to come. But what is true and real has come and is found in Christ.
Colossians 2:10 American Standard Version (ASV)
and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power
Colossians 2:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
Colossians 2:10 New International Version (NIV)
and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
Colossians 2:17 New International Version (NIV)
These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
Colossians 2:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
Colossians 2:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Colossians 2:10 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And in Him you have been made complete [achieving spiritual stature through Christ], and He is the head over all rule and authority [of every angelic and earthly power].
Colossians 2:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.
Colossians 2:10 New Living Translation (NLT)
So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
Colossians 2:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
Colossians 2:10 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe!
Colossians 2:17 The Passion Translation (TPT)
All of these were but a prophetic shadow and the evidence of what would be fulfilled, for the body is now Christ!