Colossians 2:16 BSB

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

BSB

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ASV

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

KJV

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus (202)

The apostles ordained, that "we should not judge any one in respect to meat or drink, or in regard to a feast day, or the new moons, or the sabbaths." Whence then these contentions? whence these schisms? We keep the feast, but in the leaven of malice and wickedness, cutting in pieces the Church of God; and we preserve what belongs to its exterior, that we may cast away these better things, faith and love. We have heard from the prophetic words that these feasts and fasts are displeasing to the Lord.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Much of the ceremonies of the law of Moses consisted in the distinction of meats and days. It appears by Rom. xiv. that there were those who were for keeping up those distinctions: but here the apostle shows that since Christ has come, and has cancelled the ceremonial law, we ought not to keep it up.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let no man - judge you in meat, or in drink - The apostle speaks here in reference to some particulars of the hand-writing of ordinances, which had been taken away, viz., the distinction of meats and drinks, what was clean and what unclean, according to the law; and the necessity of observing certain holydays or festivals, such as the new moons and particular sabbaths, or those which should be observed with more than ordinary solemnity; all these had been taken out of the way and nailed to the cross, and were no longer of moral obligation.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μὴ	Mē	Not	G3361 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
κρινέτω	krinetō	should judge	G2919 →
ἐν	en	in regard to	G1722 →
βρώσει	brōsei	food	G1035 →
καὶ	kai	or	G2532 →
ἐν	en	in regard to	G1722 →
πόσει	posei	drink	G4213 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
μέρει	merei	regard	G3313 →
ἑορτῆς	he'ortēs	to a feast	G1859 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
νεομηνίας	neomēnias	a New Moon	G3561 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
σαββάτων,	sabbatōn	Sabbaths,	G4521 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 4:10
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
leads to
- Colossians 2:16–17
  Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
- Romans 14:5
  One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
- Leviticus 23:1–44
  Then the LORD said to Moses,
Through
Romans 14:10
Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Romans 2:16
  on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- Romans 14:3–4
  The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Colossians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Colossians