Col 2:16-22 : 16 {
"verseID": "Colossians.2.16",
"source": "Μὴ οὖν τις ὑμᾶς κρινέτω ἐν βρώσει, ἢ ἐν πόσει, ἢ ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς, ἢ νουμηνίας, ἢ σαββάτων:",
"text": "Therefore let no one you *krinetō* in *brōsei*, or in *posei*, or in respect of *heortēs*, or of *noumēnias*, or of *sabbatōn*:",
"grammar": {
"*krinetō*": "present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let judge/condemn",
"*brōsei*": "dative, feminine, singular - eating/food",
"*posei*": "dative, feminine, singular - drinking/beverage",
"*heortēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - feast/festival",
"*noumēnias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - new moon",
"*sabbatōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - sabbaths"
},
"variants": {
"*krinetō*": "judge/condemn/criticize",
"*brōsei*": "eating/food/meat",
"*posei*": "drinking/beverage",
"*heortēs*": "feast/festival/celebration",
"*noumēnias*": "new moon/monthly festival",
"*sabbatōn*": "sabbaths/seventh days"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Colossians.2.17",
"source": "Ἅ ἐστιν σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων· τὸ δὲ σῶμα Χριστοῦ.",
"text": "Which *estin* *skia* of the things *mellontōn*; but the *sōma* of *Christou*.",
"grammar": {
"*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*skia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - shadow",
"*mellontōn*": "present active participle, genitive, neuter, plural - coming/about to be",
"*sōma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - body",
"*Christou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - Christ"
},
"variants": {
"*skia*": "shadow/foreshadowing/outline",
"*mellontōn*": "coming/about to be/future things",
"*sōma*": "body/substance/reality",
"*Christou*": "Christ/Messiah/Anointed One"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Colossians.2.18",
"source": "Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς καταβραβευέτω θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ θρησκείᾳ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἃ μὴ ἑώρακεν ἐμβατεύων, εἰκῇ φυσιούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ νοὸς τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ,",
"text": "Let no one you *katabrabeuetō* *thelōn* in *tapeinophrosynē* and *thrēskeia* of the *angelōn*, into things which not he has *heōraken* *embateuōn*, *eikē* *physioumenos* by the *noos* of the *sarkos* of him,",
"grammar": {
"*katabrabeuetō*": "present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let disqualify/rob of prize",
"*thelōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - desiring/willing",
"*tapeinophrosynē*": "dative, feminine, singular - humility/lowliness of mind",
"*thrēskeia*": "dative, feminine, singular - worship/religion",
"*angelōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - angels/messengers",
"*heōraken*": "perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has seen",
"*embateuōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - entering into/investigating",
"*eikē*": "adverb - vainly/without cause",
"*physioumenos*": "present passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being puffed up",
"*noos*": "genitive, masculine, singular - mind/understanding",
"*sarkos*": "genitive, feminine, singular - flesh"
},
"variants": {
"*katabrabeuetō*": "disqualify/rob of prize/defraud of reward",
"*thelōn*": "desiring/willing/delighting in",
"*tapeinophrosynē*": "humility/lowliness of mind/false humility",
"*thrēskeia*": "worship/religion/devotion",
"*angelōn*": "angels/messengers",
"*heōraken*": "has seen/observed/experienced",
"*embateuōn*": "entering into/investigating/dwelling on in detail",
"*eikē*": "vainly/without cause/for no reason",
"*physioumenos*": "being puffed up/inflated/made proud",
"*noos*": "mind/understanding/intellect",
"*sarkos*": "flesh/body/human nature"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Colossians.2.19",
"source": "Καὶ οὐ κρατῶν τὴν Κεφαλήν, ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα διὰ τῶν ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων ἐπιχορηγούμενον, καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον, αὔξει τὴν αὔξησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ.",
"text": "And not *kratōn* the *Kephalēn*, from whom all the *sōma* through the *haphōn* and *syndesmōn* being *epichorēgoumenon*, and being *symbibazoménon*, *auxei* the *auxēsin* of *Theou*.",
"grammar": {
"*kratōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - holding fast/grasping",
"*Kephalēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - Head",
"*sōma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - body",
"*haphōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - joints/connections",
"*syndesmōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - ligaments/bonds",
"*epichorēgoumenon*": "present passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - being supplied/supported",
"*symbibazoménon*": "present passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - being joined together",
"*auxei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - grows/increases",
"*auxēsin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - growth/increase",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - God"
},
"variants": {
"*kratōn*": "holding fast/grasping/clinging to",
"*Kephalēn*": "Head/Chief/Authority",
"*sōma*": "body/physical form",
"*haphōn*": "joints/connections/points of contact",
"*syndesmōn*": "ligaments/bonds/that which binds together",
"*epichorēgoumenon*": "being supplied/supported/nourished",
"*symbibazoménon*": "being joined together/united/knit together",
"*auxei*": "grows/increases/develops",
"*auxēsin*": "growth/increase/development",
"*Theou*": "God/deity"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Colossians.2.20",
"source": "Εἰ οὖν ἀπεθάνετε σὺν τῷ Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί, ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ, δογματίζεσθε,",
"text": "If therefore you *apethanete* with the *Christō* from the *stoicheiōn* of the *kosmou*, why, as *zōntes* in *kosmō*, are you *dogmatizesthe*,",
"grammar": {
"*apethanete*": "aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you died",
"*Christō*": "dative, masculine, singular - Christ",
"*stoicheiōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - elements/principles/rudiments",
"*kosmou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - world/universe/ordered system",
"*zōntes*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - living",
"*kosmō*": "dative, masculine, singular - world",
"*dogmatizesthe*": "present passive indicative, 2nd person plural - you are subjected to regulations"
},
"variants": {
"*apethanete*": "died/passed away",
"*stoicheiōn*": "elements/principles/rudiments/elemental spirits",
"*kosmou*": "world/universe/ordered system/age",
"*zōntes*": "living/alive/dwelling",
"*dogmatizesthe*": "subjected to regulations/ordinances/rules"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Colossians.2.21",
"source": "(Μὴ ἅψῃ· μηδὲ γεύσῃ· μηδὲ θίγῃς·",
"text": "(Do not *hapsē*; neither *geusē*; neither *thigēs*;",
"grammar": {
"*hapsē*": "aorist middle subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you should touch",
"*geusē*": "aorist middle subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you should taste",
"*thigēs*": "aorist middle subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you should handle"
},
"variants": {
"*hapsē*": "touch/handle/have contact with",
"*geusē*": "taste/eat/experience",
"*thigēs*": "handle/touch/come in contact with"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Colossians.2.22",
"source": "Ἅ ἐστιν πάντα εἰς φθορὰν τῇ ἀποχρήσει·) κατὰ τὰ ἐντάλματα καὶ διδασκαλίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων;",
"text": "Which *estin* all to *phthoran* in the *apochrēsei*;) according to the *entalmata* and *didaskalias* of *anthrōpōn*?",
"grammar": {
"*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*phthoran*": "accusative, feminine, singular - destruction/corruption/perishing",
"*apochrēsei*": "dative, feminine, singular - using up/consumption",
"*entalmata*": "accusative, neuter, plural - commandments/precepts",
"*didaskalias*": "accusative, feminine, plural - teachings/doctrines",
"*anthrōpōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - men/human beings"
},
"variants": {
"*phthoran*": "destruction/corruption/perishing",
"*apochrēsei*": "using up/consumption/using",
"*entalmata*": "commandments/precepts/orders",
"*didaskalias*": "teachings/doctrines/instructions",
"*anthrōpōn*": "men/human beings/people"
}
}