Colossians 2:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ In the past, these things were like a shadow that showed what was coming. But the new things that were coming are found in 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.

Colossians 2:17 Tagairtí Cros

John 1:17

The law was given through Moses. But grace and \{the way of\} truth came through Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:1

The law {\cf2\super [119]} gave us only an unclear picture of the good things coming in the future. The law is not a perfect picture of the real things. The law tells people to offer the same sacrifices {\cf2\super [120]} every year. The people who come to worship God continue to offer those sacrifices. But the law can never make those people perfect.

Hebrews 8:5

The work that these priests do is really only a copy and a shadow of the things that are in heaven. That is why God warned Moses {\cf2\super [82]} when Moses was ready to build the Holy Tent {\cf2\super [83]} : “Be sure to make everything exactly like the pattern I showed you on the mountain.” {\cf2\super [84]}

Hebrews 9:9

This is an example for us today. This shows that the gifts and sacrifices {\cf2\super [103]} that were offered to God were not able to fully cleanse the person who was worshiping God. Those sacrifices could not make that person perfect in his heart.