Colossians 2:17

Greek/English Interlinear with Strong’s Numbers
Col. 2 - Greek/English/Strong’s Interlinear


King James Version
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
New King James Version
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance (literally, body) is of Christ.
New American Standard Bible
things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
New International Version
These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
The Amplified Bible
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.
Wuest’s Expanded Translation
which things are a shadow of those things about to come. But the body belongs to Christ.
Phillips’ Modern English
All these things have at most only a symbolical value: the solid fact is Christ.
Williams’ Language of the People
These were but the shadow of what was coming; the reality belongs to Christ.
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Which 3739 are 2076 a shadow 4639 of things to come; 3195 but 1161 the 3588 body 4983 is of Christ. 5547
Col. 2:16 π Col. 2:18
Scriptures π Colossians

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