Colossians 2
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16Let 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:
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;
22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358869× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253229× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- ἐνenG172227× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- αὐτόςautósG84614× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- σύsýG477112× in this chapter
thou
- εἰμίeimíG151010× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- ὅςhósG37399× in this chapter
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
- πᾶςpâsG39567× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- ΧριστόςChristósG55477× in this chapter
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
- σάρξsárxG45616× in this chapter
flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such)
- κατάkatáG25965× in this chapter
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- εἰςeisG15194× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- μέméG31654× in this chapter
me
- μήmḗG33614× in this chapter
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expects an affirmative one)) whether
- οὐouG37564× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- σῶμαsōmaG49834× in this chapter
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
- διάdiáG12233× in this chapter
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- ἐκekG15373× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ἤḗG22283× in this chapter
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
- θεόςtheósG23163× in this chapter
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
- κόσμοςkósmosG28893× in this chapter
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
- οὖνoûnG37673× in this chapter
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
- πίστιςpístisG41023× in this chapter
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
- σύνsýnG48623× in this chapter
with or together (but much closer than G3326 (μετά) or G3844 (παρά)), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
- τὶςtìsG51003× in this chapter
some or any person or object
- γάρgárG10632× in this chapter
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
- δέdéG11612× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- εἰeiG14872× in this chapter
if, whether, that, etc.
- ἐξουσίαexousíaG18492× in this chapter
privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence
- ἔχωéchōG21922× in this chapter
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
- θέλωthélōG23092× in this chapter
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
- ἵναhínaG24432× in this chapter
compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
- κεφαλήkephalḗG27762× in this chapter
the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively
- μηδέmēdéG33662× in this chapter
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
- μηδείςmēdeísG33672× in this chapter
not even one (man, woman, thing)
- νεκρόςnekrósG34982× in this chapter
dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
- ὁράωhoráōG37082× in this chapter
by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
- παράπτωμαparáptōmaG39002× in this chapter
a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e. (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression
- περιτομήperitomḗG40612× in this chapter
circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively)
- ἄνθρωποςánthrōposG4442× in this chapter
from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); man-faced, i.e. a human being