Colossians 2:16
Colossians · New Testament · Chapter 2
“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:”Colossians 2:16
What Does Colossians 2:16 Mean?
Colossians 2:16 is found in the book of Colossians, chapter 2, verse 16 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Colossians 2:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 14:5“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.”Romans 14:10“But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”Mark 2:27“And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:”Romans 14:13“Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.”Galatians 4:10“Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.”Romans 14:2“For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.”Matthew 5:17“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”Romans 14:17“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”Colossians 2:20“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,”Hebrews 13:9“Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”Ezekiel 45:17“And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.”Romans 14:3“Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.”1 Timothy 4:3“Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”1 Chronicles 23:31“And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:”Nehemiah 10:33“For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.”Matthew 15:11“Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”Hebrews 9:10“Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.”Galatians 2:12“For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.”Galatians 5:1“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”Genesis 9:3“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”
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