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Colossians 2:19 KJV
Colossians · chapter 2 · verse 19
And 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.Colossians 2:19 · King James Version
Colossians 2:19 in context
17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
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 the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
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Key words (Strong's)
- ministeredepichorēgeōto supply, furnish, present, to be supplied, ministered to, assistedG2023 →
- increasethauxanōto cause to grow, augment, to increase, become greater, to grow, increase, of plants, of…G837 →
- togethersymbibazōto cause to coalesce, to join together, put together, to unite or knit together in…G4822 →
- increaseauxēsisincrease, growthG838 →
- holdingkrateōto have power, be powerful, to be chief, be master of, to rule, to get possession of, to…G2902 →
- jointshaphēbond, connectionG860 →
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The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to proper duty, which he infers from the foregoing discourse. I. Here is a caution to take heed of judaizing teachers, or those who would impose upon Christians the yoke of the ceremonial law: Let no man therefore judge you in meat nor drink, etc., Col 2:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-23