Colossians 2:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

John 1:17

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

Hebrews 10:1

For the law contains the shadow of future good things, not the very image of these things. So, by the very same sacrifices which they offer ceaselessly each year, they can never cause these to approach perfection.

Hebrews 8:5

gifts which serve as mere examples and shadows of the heavenly things. And so it was answered to Moses, when he was about to complete the tabernacle: "See to it," he said, "that you make everything according to the example which was revealed to you on the mountain."

Hebrews 9:9

And this is a parable for the present time. Accordingly, those gifts and sacrifices that are offered are not able, as concerns the conscience, to make perfect those things that serve only as food and drink,