Colossians 2:17

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Colossians 2:17 New International Version (NIV)

These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

Colossians 2:17 New Living Translation (NLT)

For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.

Colossians 2:17 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2:16-17 The Message (MSG)

So don’t put up with anyone pressuring you in details of diet, worship services, or holy days. All those things are mere shadows cast before what was to come; the substance is Christ.

Colossians 2:17 King James Version (KJV)

which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Colossians 2:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2:17 New Century Version (NCV)

These things were like a shadow of what was to come. But what is true and real has come and is found in Christ.

Colossians 2:17 American Standard Version (ASV)

which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

Colossians 2:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

Colossians 2:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2:17 The Passion Translation (TPT)

All of these were but a prophetic shadow and the evidence of what would be fulfilled, for the body is now Christ!