| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, | 1For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; |
| 2that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, | 2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; |
| 3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. | 3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. |
| 4Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. | 4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. |
| 5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. | 5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. |
| 6As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, | 6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: |
| 7rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. | 7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. |
| 8Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. | 8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. |
| 9For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; | 9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. |
| 10and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. | 10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: |
| 11In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, | 11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: |
| 12buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. | 12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. |
| 13And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, | 13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; |
| 14having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. | 14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; |
| 15Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. | 15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. |
| 16So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, | 16Let 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: |
| 17which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. | 17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. |
| 18Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, | 18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, |
| 19and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God. | 19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. |
| 20Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— | 20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, |
| 21“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” | 21(Touch not; taste not; handle not; |
| 22which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men? | 22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? |
| 23These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh. | 23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
|
