In this passage, Paul warns Christians not to be taken in by deceptive arguments. These claims are attractive, but are merely tricks: they sound true, but they ...

13 авг. 1996 г. · The ceremonies of the law served their purpose well. After they fulfilled their purpose, God instituted something better– the reality of Christ.

Those who walk in the way of the world, are turned from following Christ. We have in Him the substance of all the shadows of the ceremonial law. All the defects ...

We are identified with His death so that His death became our death, and our sin is forgiven. His Resurrection became our resurrection and His righteousness ...

(i) Men were dead in their sins. They had no more power than dead men either to overcome sin or to atone for it. Jesus Christ by his work has liberated men both ...

Colossians 2:16-17 has been translated and explained various ways. What does the context and background tell us about what Paul was saying about God's law?

Paul is telling these new believers, under attack from these false teachers, “The law was merely the shadow which pointed toward the reality, which is Christ.

17 They are only a shadow of the things that were going to come. But what is real is found in Christ. Colossians 2:17 Meaning and Commentary.

In verse 17, Paul mentions that the Sabbath and holy days are "shadows," symbols or types, of future events in the plan of God. The Sabbath is a type of the ...