Colossians, Chapter 2

1. For I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe,    2. That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe,    3. In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge.    4. This I say, lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes.    5. For though I be absent in the fleshe, yet am I with you in the spirite, ioying and beholdyng your order, and your stedfast fayth in Christe.    6. As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde, [so] walke ye in hym:    7. Rooted and built in hym, and stablished in the fayth, as ye haue ben taught, aboundyng therin with thankes geuing.    8. Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie and vayne deceipt, after the tradition of men, and after the rudimentes of the worlde, and not after Christe.    9. For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly:    10. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power,    11. In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcision made without handes, by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe, in the circumcision of Christe:    12. Buried with him in baptisme, in who ye are also risen agayne through ye fayth of the operation of God, who hath raysed hym from the dead.    13. And ye beyng dead to sinne and to the vncircumcision of your fleshe, hath he quickened with him, forgeuyng all your trepasses,    14. And puttyng out the hande writing of ordinaunces, that was agaynst vs, and that hath he taken out of the way, fastenyng it to his crosse:    15. Spoylyng all principalities and powers, hath made a shewe of them openly, triumphyng ouer them in it.    16. Let no man therfore iudge you in meate, or in drinke, or in part of an holyday, or of the newe moone, or of the Sabboth [dayes]:    17. Which are shadowes of thynges to come: but the body [is] of Christe.    18. Let no man begile you of victorie, in the humblenesse and worshippyng of Angels, intrudyng (hym selfe into those thinges) which he hath not seene, causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde,    19. And holdeth not the head, wherof all the body by ioyntes and bandes supported and knit together, encreaseth with the encrease of God.    20. Wherfore, yf ye be dead with Christe from ye rudimentes of the world: why, as though lyuyng in the worlde, are ye led with traditions,    21. Touche not, taste not, handle not?    22. Which all be in corruption, in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men.    23. Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition and humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.