Colossians 2:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

SECTION VI . THE CLAIMS OF THE FALSE TEACHER . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

Legalism exposed. The apostle, having shown in the last section how much Christ is to the believer, proceeds in the verses now before us to expose the false use of ceremonies, or, in modem phraseology, ritualism. The false teachers were anxious to entangle the Gentile converts in a tedious round of ceremonies—to make them, in fact, Old Testament ritualists. They could even adduce what seemed to them philosophic reasons for such practice. But Paul scatters their false philosophy to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

Three errors. I. LEGALISM . "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's." There is a detailed reference here to Jewish institutions. Eating (rather than meat) was encompassed with regulations. There was a distinction drawn between clean and unclean animals. Certain parts of animals (the fat, the blood) were not to be eaten. God's rights (firstborn,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:16

Let no man, therefore, judge you - compare Romans 14:10, note, 13, note. The word judge here is used in the sense of pronouncing a sentence. The meaning is, “since you have thus been delivered by Christ from the evils which surrounded you: since you have been freed from the observances of the law, let no one sit in judgment on you, or claim the right to decide for you in those matters. You are not responsible to man for your conduct, but to Christ; and no man has a right to impose that on you... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 2:16-17

Colossians 2:16-17. Let no man, therefore, &c. Seeing these things are so, and the ceremonial law is now abolished, let no one, who is in a bigoted manner attached to it, judge and condemn you Gentile Christians; that is, regard none who judge you, in regard to the use of meat or drink Forbidden by it; or in respect of a holyday Η εν μερει εοπτης , in respect of a festival. The festivals, distinguished from new moons and sabbaths, meant days of rejoicing annually observed.... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

Christian freedom in practice (2:16-3:4)In view of the freedom that Christ has won for them, the Colossian believers must not listen to those who try to force them to obey the rules and regulations of the Israelite law. Practices taught in the law may be compared to shadows. They are not solid or permanent, but their existence enables the viewer to know that there is some real object that casts the shadows. That real object is Jesus Christ. Now that he has come, the shadows are of no further... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 2:16

no . App-106 . man . App-123 . judge . App-122 . meat , &c. = eating and drinking. respect . Litearal, part, i.e. taking part. holy day = feast. See Leviticus 23:0 . new moon . See 1 Chronicles 23:31 . sabbath days = sabbaths. See Leviticus 23:3 , Leviticus 23:7 , Leviticus 23:8 , Leviticus 23:21 , Leviticus 23:24 , Leviticus 23:27-32 , Leviticus 23:35 , Leviticus 23:36 , Leviticus 23:38 , Leviticus 23:39 . John 20:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 2:16

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day.So Paul continues to speak of Jewish things. Gnosticism is not in one hundred miles of this passage. We deplore a statement like this:The church at Colossae was no exception. Instead of its members being harassed by Judaizers, as were the Corinthians, they were in danger of being corrupted by the Gnostics. False teachers were seeking to deprive the Colossians of that simplicity which... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 2:16

Colossians 2:16. Let no man therefore judge you, &c.— "Since therefore the ceremonial law is thus abolished, and since God without it has quickened you Gentiles, who were dead in sins, and uncircumcised; let no man take upon him to pass sentence upon you, that you belong not to the church of God, because you do not observe the same ordinances with themselves about meats," &c. See Rom 14:3 and the analy read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:16

16. therefore—because ye are complete in Christ, and God in Him has dispensed with all subordinate means as essential to acceptance with Him. meat . . . drink—Greek, "eating . . . drinking" ( :-). Pay no regard to any one who sits in judgment on you as to legal observances in respect to foods. holyday—a feast yearly. Compare the three, :-. new moon—monthly. the sabbath—Omit "THE," which is not in the Greek (compare Note, see on :-). "SABBATHS" (not "the sabbaths") of the day of atonement and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 2:16-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 2:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 2:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 2:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:16

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