Colossians 2:17 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁷ These are a foreshadowing of things to come, but the reality is Messiah.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

John 1:17

Torah was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Yeshua the Messiah.

Hebrews 10:1

The Torah has a shadow of the good things to come—not the form itself of the realities. For this reason it can never, by means of the same sacrifices they offer constantly year after year, make perfect those who draw near.

Hebrews 8:5

They offer service in a replica and foreshadower of the heavenlies—one that is just as Moses was instructed by God when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For He says, “See that you make everything according to the design that was shown to you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 9:9

It is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly, gifts and sacrifices are being offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect with respect to conscience.