от Bulgarian Bible Society1Желая да знаете, в каква голяма борба съм заради вас и заради ония, които са в Лаодикия и в Иерапол, и заради всички, които не са ме видели лично,2за да се утешат сърцата им, та, съединени с любов за всяко обогатяване със съвършено разбиране, да познаят тайната на Бога и Отца и на Христа, (Фил 3:18)3в Когото са скрити всички съкровища на премъдростта и на знанието. (1 Кор 1:30)4А това казвам, за да не би някой да ви прелъсти с примамливи думи;5защото ако и да отсъствувам тялом, но духом съм с вас, като се радвам и виждам вашата уредба и вашата твърда вяра в Христа. (1 Кор 5:3)6Поради това, както приехте Господа Иисуса Христа, тъй и ходете по Него,7вкоренени и утвърдени в Него и укрепени във вярата, както сте научени, преуспявайки в нея с благодарност. (1 Кор 1:5; Еф 3:17)8Гледайте, братя, да ви не увлече някой с философия и с празна измама според човешкото предание, според стихиите световни, а не според Христа; (Еф 5:6; Евр 13:9)9понеже в Него телесно обитава всичката пълнота на Божеството, (Йн 1:14; Кол 1:19)10и вие сте пълни чрез Него, Който е Глава на всяко началство и власт: (Еф 1:22)11в Него сте и обрязани чрез неръкотворно обрязване, като съблякохте греховното тяло на плътта, чрез обрязването Христово, (Рим 2:29; Гал 3:27)12като се погребахте с Него в кръщението, в което и възкръснахте заедно с Него чрез вяра в силата на Бога, Който Го възкреси от мъртвите. (Рим 6:4; Еф 1:19)13И вас, които бяхте мъртви в греховете и в необрязването на плътта си, Той оживи заедно с Него, като ви прости всички грехове; (Еф 2:1)14а това стана, като Христос заличи с учението съществувалото за нас ръкописание, което беше против нас и което Той взе от средата и го прикова на кръста; (Еф 2:15)15като отне силата от началства и власти, Той ги явно изложи на позор и на кръста възтържествува над тях. (Еф 4:8; Евр 2:14)16И тъй, никой да ви не осъжда за ядене, или пиене, или за някой празник или новомесечие, или събота: (Рим 14:6)17това е сянка на бъдещето, а тялото е Христос. (Евр 10:1)18Никой преднамерено да ви не прелъстява със смиреномъдрие и служене на Ангелите, като се впуска в онова, що не е видял, като безразсъдно се гордее с плътския си ум (2 Кор 11:14)19и не се придържа о Главата – Христа, от Когото цялото тяло, поддържано и свързвано чрез стави и свръзки, расте с растене по Бога. (Еф 4:15)20И тъй, ако вие с Христа умряхте за стихиите световни, то защо като живеещи в света допускате да ви налагат постановления: (Рим 7:4)21„не се докосвай, не вкусвай, не пипай“22(които всички, от употребяване, подлежат на разрушение), – според човешки заповеди и учения? (Ис 29:13; Мт 15:9)23Тия постановления имат само вид на мъдрост в своеволно благочестие, в смиреномъдрие и в пренебрежение на тялото, без някак да се грижат за насищане плътта.
Колосяни 2
New International Reader’s Version
от Biblica1I want you to know how hard I am working for you. I’m concerned for those who are in Laodicea. I’m also concerned for everyone who has not met me in person.2My goal is that their hearts may be encouraged and strengthened. I want them to be joined together in love. Then their understanding will be rich and complete. They will know the mystery of God. That mystery is Christ.3All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in him.4But I don’t want anyone to fool you with words that only sound good.5So even though I am away from you in body, I am with you in spirit. And I am glad to see that you are controlling yourselves. I am happy that your faith in Christ is so strong.
Having all things in Christ
6You received Christ Jesus as Lord. So keep on living your lives in him.7Have your roots in him. Build yourselves up in him. Grow strong in what you believe, just as you were taught. Be more thankful than ever before.8Make sure no one controls you. They will try to control you by using false reasoning that has no meaning. Their ideas depend on human teachings. They also depend on the basic spiritual powers of this world. They don’t depend on Christ.9God’s whole nature is living in Christ in human form.10Because you belong to Christ, you have been made complete. He is the ruler over every power and authority.11When you received Christ, your circumcision was not done by human hands. Instead, your circumcision was done by Christ. He put away the person you used to be. At that time, sin’s power ruled over you.12When you were baptised, you were buried together with Christ. And you were raised to life together with him when you were baptised. You were raised to life by believing in God’s work. God himself raised Jesus from the dead.13At one time you were dead in your sins. Your desires controlled by sin were not circumcised. But God gave you new life together with Christ. He forgave us all our sins.14He wiped out what the law said that we owed. The law stood against us. It judged us. But he has taken it away and nailed it to the cross.15He took away the weapons of the powers and authorities. He made a public show of them. He won the battle over them by dying on the cross.
Freedom from human rules
16So don’t let anyone judge you because of what you eat or drink. Don’t let anyone judge you about holy days. I’m talking about special feasts and New Moons and Sabbath days.17They are only a shadow of the things to come. But what is real is found in Christ.18Some people enjoy pretending they aren’t proud. They worship angels. But don’t let people like that judge you. These people tell you every little thing about what they have seen. They are proud of their useless ideas. That’s because their minds are not guided by the Holy Spirit.19They aren’t connected anymore to the head, who is Christ. But the whole body grows from the head. The muscles and tendons hold the body together. And God causes it to grow.20Some people still follow the basic spiritual powers of the world. But you died with Christ as far as these powers are concerned. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? Here are the rules you follow.21‘Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!’22Rules like these are about things that will pass away soon. They are based on merely human rules and teachings.23It is true that these rules seem wise. Because of them, people give themselves over to their own kind of worship. They pretend they are humble. They treat their bodies very badly. But rules like these don’t help. They don’t stop people from chasing after sinful pleasures.