Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. New Living Translation For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality. English Standard Version These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Berean Standard Bible These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. Berean Literal Bible which are a shadow the things coming. But the body is of Christ. King James Bible 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 is of Christ. New American Standard Bible things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. NASB 1995 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. NASB 1977 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. Legacy Standard Bible things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. 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. Christian Standard Bible These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is Christ. Holman Christian Standard Bible These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah. American Standard Version which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because these things are shadows of those things that were future, but The Messiah is the body. Contemporary English Version These things are only a shadow of what was to come. But Christ is real! Douay-Rheims Bible Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ. English Revised Version which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's. GOD'S WORD® Translation These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body [that casts the shadow] belongs to Christ. Good News Translation All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is Christ. International Standard Version These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Messiah. Literal Standard Version which are a shadow of the coming things, but the body [is] of the Christ; Majority Standard Bible These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. New American Bible These are shadows of things to come; the reality belongs to Christ. NET Bible these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ! New Revised Standard Version These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. New Heart English Bible which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's. Webster's Bible Translation Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Weymouth New Testament These were a shadow of things that were soon to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. World English Bible which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s. Young's Literal Translation which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body is of the Christ; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Alive in Christ…16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. 17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. 18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.… Cross References Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." Hebrews 10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Treasury of Scripture Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. a shadow. John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; the body. Matthew 11:28,29 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest… Hebrews 4:1-11 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it… Jump to Previous Belongs Body Christ Christ's Found However Image Mere Reality Shadow Soon SubstanceJump to Next Belongs Body Christ Christ's Found However Image Mere Reality Shadow Soon SubstanceColossians 2 1. Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ;8. to beware of philosophy, and vain traditions; 18. worshipping of angels; 20. and legal ceremonies, which are ended in Christ. (17) Which are a shadow . . . but the body (the substance) is of Christ.--The spirit of the passage is precisely that of the argument which runs through the Epistle to the Hebrews. "The Law had a shadow of good things to come, not the very image (or, substance) of the things" (Hebrews 10:1). When St. Paul deals with the legal and coercive aspect of the Law, he calls it "the schoolmaster to bring us to Christ." (See Galatians 3:24, and Note there.) When he turns to its ritual aspect, he describes it as simply foreshadowing or typifying the substance; and therefore useful before the revelation of the substance, useless or (if trusted in) worse than useless, after it. In every way "Christ is the end of the Law" (Romans 10:4).Verse 17. - Which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is of Christ (Galatians 3:23-25; Galatians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 3:11, 13; Hebrews 7:18, 19; Hebrews 9:11-14; Hebrews 10:1-4). The apostle's opponents, we imagine, taught in Platonic fashion that these things were shadows of ideal truth and of the invisible world (comp. Hebrews 8:5), forms necessary to our apprehension of spiritual things. With St. Paul, they shadow forth prophetically the concrete facts of the Christian revelation, and therefore are displaced by its advent. The singular verb (literally, is) quite grammatically combines the particulars of ver. 16 under their common idea of a foreshadowing of the things of Christ; and the present tense affirms here a general truth, not a mere historical fact. How this was true of the "sabbath," e.g., appears in Hebrews 4:1-11; comp. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; John 19:36, for the Christian import of the Passover feast. The figurative antithesis of "shadow" and "body" is sufficiently obvious; it occurs in Philo and in Josephus: to refer to ver. 19 and Colossians 1:18 for the sense of body, is misleading. For "the things to come" (the things of Christ and of the new, Christian era, now commencing), comp. Romans 4:24; Romans 5:14; Galatians 3:23; Hebrews 2:5; Hebrews 10:1. This substance of the new, abiding revelation (2 Corinthians 3:11) is "Christ's," inasmuch as it centres in and is pervaded and governed by Christ (Colossians 1:18; Colossians 3:11; Romans 10:4; 2 Corinthians 3:14). Nothing is said here to discountenance positive Christian institutions, or the observance of the Lord's day in particular, unless enforced in a Judaistic spirit. The apostle is protecting Gentile Christians from the re-imposition of Jewish institutions as such, as impairing their faith in Christ (comp. Galatians 5:2-9), and as, in the case of the Colossians, involving a deference to the authority of angels which limited his sovereignty and sufficiency (vers. 8-10, 18, 19). This verse contains in germ much of the thought of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Theseἅ (ha) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. are ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. a shadow σκιὰ (skia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4639: Apparently a primary word; 'shade' or a shadow (darkness of error or an adumbration). of the things τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. to come, μελλόντων (mellontōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. but δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. [the] body [ that casts it ] σῶμα (sōma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively. belongs to τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Christ. Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. 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