Colossians 2:17 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁷ These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance is Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Such [things] are only the shadow of things that are to come, and they have only a symbolic value. But the reality (the substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it) belongs to Christ.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ These religious practices are only a shadow of what was coming—the body that cast the shadow is Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.

Colossians 2:17 Cross References

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:1

Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of those things, the same sacrifices that they continually offer year after year can never perfect those who draw near to worship.

Hebrews 8:5

They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to build the tabernacle, he was warned by God, “See to it that yoʋ make everything according to the pattern that was shown to yoʋ on the mountain.”

Hebrews 9:9

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,