Colossians 2:17
Greek Text— Colossians 2:17which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
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I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing.
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—
You shall set up the tabernacle according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.
He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
This is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect,
by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.