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Col. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let
krino (Greek #2919)
by implication, to try, condemn, punish
KJV usage: avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.
Pronounce: kree'-no
Origin: properly, to distinguish, i.e. decide (mentally or judicially)
no
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
man
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
therefore
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
judge
krino (Greek #2919)
by implication, to try, condemn, punish
KJV usage: avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.
Pronounce: kree'-no
Origin: properly, to distinguish, i.e. decide (mentally or judicially)
w you
humas (Greek #5209)
you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
KJV usage: ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).
Pronounce: hoo-mas'
Origin: accusative case of 5210
ζin
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
meat
brosis (Greek #1035)
(abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: eating, food, meat.
Pronounce: bro'-sis
Origin: from the base of 977
, or
e (Greek #2228)
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
KJV usage: and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially 2235, 2260, 2273.
Pronounce: ay
Origin: a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
drink
posis (Greek #4213)
a drinking (the act), i.e. (concretely) a draught
KJV usage: drink.
Pronounce: pos'-is
Origin: from the alternate of 4095
, or
e (Greek #2228)
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
KJV usage: and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially 2235, 2260, 2273.
Pronounce: ay
Origin: a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
ηrespect
meros (Greek #3313)
a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)
KJV usage: behalf, course, coast, craft, particular (+ -ly), part (+ -ly), piece, portion, respect, side, some sort(-what).
Pronounce: mer'-os
Origin: from an obsolete but more primary form of μείρομαι (to get as a section or allotment)
of an holyday
heorte (Greek #1859)
a festival
KJV usage: feast, holyday.
Pronounce: heh-or-tay'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, or
e (Greek #2228)
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
KJV usage: and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially 2235, 2260, 2273.
Pronounce: ay
Origin: a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
of the new moon
noumenia (Greek #3561)
the festival of new moon
KJV usage: new moon.
Pronounce: noo-may-nee'-ah
Origin: feminine of a compound of 3501 and 3376 (as noun by implication, of 2250)
, or
e (Greek #2228)
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
KJV usage: and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially 2235, 2260, 2273.
Pronounce: ay
Origin: a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
of the sabbath
sabbaton (Greek #4521)
the Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications
KJV usage: sabbath (day), week.
Pronounce: sab'-bat-on
Origin: of Hebrew origin (07676)
days:
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Rom. 14:10,13• 10But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou too, why despisest thou thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
 13Let us then no longer judge one another, but judge ye this rather, not to set an occasion of stumbling or offence for one's brother. (Rom. 14:10,13)
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or, for eating and drinking.
η
or, part.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Rom. 14:3,10,13• 3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.
 10But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou too, why despisest thou thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
 13Let us then no longer judge one another, but judge ye this rather, not to set an occasion of stumbling or offence for one's brother. (Rom. 14:3,10,13)
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1 Cor. 10:28‑31• 28But if anyone say to you, This is sacrificed, eat not for his sake that pointed [it] out, and conscience;
 29but conscience, I say, not one's own, but the other's; for why is my liberty to be judged by another conscience?
 30If I partake with thanks, why am I to be evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
 31Whether then ye eat or drink or do anything, do all things unto God's glory. (1 Cor. 10:28‑31)
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Gal. 2:12‑13• 12for before that certain came from James, he ate with the nations; but when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, being afraid of those of the circumcision;
 13and the rest of the Jews also dissembled with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their dissimulation. (Gal. 2:12‑13)
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James 4:11• 11Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against law and judgeth law; but if thou judgest law, thou art not a doer of law but a judge. (James 4:11)
in meat, etc.
or, for eating and drinking.
Lev. 11:2‑47•  (Lev. 11:2‑47)
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Lev. 17:10‑15•  (Lev. 17:10‑15)
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Deut. 14:3‑21•  (Deut. 14:3‑21)
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Ezek. 4:14•  (Ezek. 4:14)
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Matt. 15:11• 11{i}Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.{/i} (Matt. 15:11)
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Acts 11:3‑18• 3saying, Thou wentest in unto men uncircumcised and didst eat with them.
 4But Peter began and set forth to them in order, saying,
 5I was in [the] city of Joppa, praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came as far as me.
 6On which having fixed mine eyes, I considered and saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the reptiles and the birds of the heaven.
 7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter, slay and eat.
 8But I said, In no wise, Lord, because common or unclean never entered into my mouth.
 9But a voice answered a second time out of heaven, What God cleansed make not thou common.
 10And this was done thrice, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
 11And behold immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
 12And the Spirit bade me go with them doubting nothing. And there went with me also these six brethren, and we entered into the house of the man,
 13and he reported to us how he saw the angel in his house, standing and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, that is surnamed Peter,
 14who shall speak words unto thee, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
 15And on my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them as upon us also at the beginning.
 16And I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with [the] Holy Spirit.
 17If then God gave to them the same gift as also to us when we believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that could forbid God?
 18And when they heard these things, they were still and glorified God, saying, Then indeed also to the Gentiles did God give repentance unto life. (Acts 11:3‑18)
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Acts 15:20• 20but write to them that they may abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. (Acts 15:20)
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Rom. 14:2,6,14‑17,20‑21• 2One person hath faith to eat all things, but he that is weak eateth herbs.
 6He that regardeth the day doth regard to [the] Lord, [and he that regardeth not the day to [the] Lord doth not regard;] and he that eateth eateth to [the] Lord, for he giveth thanks to God, and he that eateth not to [the] Lord eateth not and giveth thanks to God.
 14I know and am persuaded in [the] Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean by itself; unless to him that reckoneth anything to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
 15For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou art no longer walking in love. Do not with thy meat destroy him for whom Christ died.
 16Let not then your good be ill spoken of;
 17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in [the] Holy Spirit;
 20Do not for the sake of meat pull down the work of God. All things are clean; but [it is] evil to the man that eateth while stumbling.
 21[It is] right not to eat flesh nor drink wine nor anything in which thy brother stumbleth [or is offended or is weak]. (Rom. 14:2,6,14‑17,20‑21)
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1 Cor. 8:7‑13• 7Howbeit not in all [is] the knowledge, but some with conscience of the idol until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
 8But meat shall not commend us to God; neither if we eat have we the advantage, nor if we eat not do we come short.
 9But see lest in any wise this your title become a stumbling-block to the weak.
 10For if anyone see thee who hast knowledge sitting at table in an idol's temple, shall not his conscience, as he is weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols?
 11And he that is weak perisheth by thy knowledge, the brother for whom Christ died?
 12But thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
 13Wherefore, if meat stumble my brother, I will in nowise eat flesh forever, that I may not stumble my brother. (1 Cor. 8:7‑13)
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1 Tim. 4:3‑5• 3forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those faithful and fully acquainted with the truth.
 4Because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be rejected when received with thanksgiving,
 5for it is sanctified through God's word and intercession. (1 Tim. 4:3‑5)
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Heb. 9:10• 10only with meats and drinks and different washings, ordinances of flesh imposed until a season of rectification. (Heb. 9:10)
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Heb. 13:9• 9Be not carried away with divers and strange doctrines; for [it is] good that the heart be confirmed with grace; not with meats, in which those that walked were not profited. (Heb. 13:9)
in respect.
or, in part.
of an.
Lev. 23:1‑44•  (Lev. 23:1‑44)
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Num. 28:1‑29:40•  (Num. 28:1‑29:40)
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Deut. 16:1‑17•  (Deut. 16:1‑17)
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Neh. 8:9•  (Neh. 8:9)
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Neh. 10:31•  (Neh. 10:31)
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Psa. 42:4•  (Psa. 42:4)
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Rom. 14:5‑6• 5One [person] judgeth day more than day, another judgeth every day [alike]. Let each be fully assured in his own mind.
 6He that regardeth the day doth regard to [the] Lord, [and he that regardeth not the day to [the] Lord doth not regard;] and he that eateth eateth to [the] Lord, for he giveth thanks to God, and he that eateth not to [the] Lord eateth not and giveth thanks to God. (Rom. 14:5‑6)
the new.
Num. 10:10•  (Num. 10:10)
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Num. 28:11,14•  (Num. 28:11,14)
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1 Sam. 20:5,18•  (1 Sam. 20:5,18)
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2 Kings 4:23•  (2 Kings 4:23)
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1 Chron. 23:31•  (1 Chron. 23:31)
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Neh. 10:33•  (Neh. 10:33)
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Psa. 81:3•  (Psa. 81:3)
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Isa. 1:13•  (Isa. 1:13)
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Ezek. 45:17•  (Ezek. 45:17)
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Ezek. 46:1‑3•  (Ezek. 46:1‑3)
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Amos 8:5•  (Amos 8:5)
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Gal. 4:10• 10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. (Gal. 4:10)
or of the sabbath.
Lev. 16:31•  (Lev. 16:31)
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Lev. 23:3,24,32,39•  (Lev. 23:3,24,32,39)
• While identifying us with Christ, he speaks of the bearing of the work of Christ Himself...In verses 16-19 he applies it first (vs. 16) to subjection to ordinances, that is, to the Jewish side of their danger; and then (vs. 18) to the Gnostic philosophy,1 science falsely so called (“Colossians 2” by J.N. Darby)
• Since Jewish Christians have been removed from the legal obligations wherewith they were once bound through being “dead with Christ” (Rom. 6:8; 7:4), they were not to let anyone put them back under those legal ordinances. The death of Christ has ended all connections with that legal system for them. (“Hindrances to Carrying Out the Truth of the Mystery: Colossians 2:4-19” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,

W. Kelly Translation

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Let none therefore judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect of feast or new moon or Sabbaths,