Colossians Chapter Two Verse 16

Colossians 2:16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. [NIV]

Colossians 2:16 Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths, [YLT]

Colossians 2:16 [a] Let [b] no [c] man [d] therefore [a] judge [e] you [f] in [g] meat, [h] or [f] in [i] drink, [j] or [f] in [k] respect [l] of an holyday, [j] or [m] of {the} [e] new moon, [j] or [n] of the [f] sabbath {days}:

[a] let ...judge = krino (kree'-no) [2919]: property, to distinguish ie decide (mentally or judicially); by implication to try, condemn, punish.

[b] no = me (may) [3361]: qualified [DEF: qualified = Not total, unlimited or wholehearted] negation [DEF: Negation = An often formal act of putting an end to] (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial); not, lest; also (as an interrogative imp. a negative answer [whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one]) whether:

[c] man = tis (tis) [5100]: some or any person or object.

[d] therefore = oun (oon) [3767]: (adv.) certainly, or accordingly:

[e] you = humas (hoo-mas') [5209; 5210]: you

[f] in = (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by imp.) instrumentality [DEF: Instrumentality =The quality or condition of being instrumental; helpfulness; means; agency (Instrumental = Acting or serving as a means, useful; helpful)] (medially or constructively), i.e. "in," at, (up-) on, by, etc.:

[g] meat = brosis (bro'-sis) [1035; 977]: (abstr.) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively): THAYER'S (1) the act of eating in a wider sense, corrosion (2) what is eaten, food, ailment; used of the soul's food, either which refreshes the soul or nourishes and supports it

[h] or= kaii (kahee) [2532]: and, also, even, so then, too

[h] or = e (ay) [2228]: a distinction between two connected terms; or; comparative, than:

[i] drink = posis (pos'-is) [4213; 4095]: a drinking (the act), i.e. (concretely) a draught:

[j] or = e (ay) [2228]: a distinction between two connected terms; or; comparative, than:

[k] respect = meros (mer'-os) [3313]: (to get as a section or allotment); a division or share

[l] of an holyday = heorte (heh-or-tay') [1859]: a festival: THAYER'S a feast day, a festival

[m] of the new moon = noumenia (ne-o-mayn'-ee-ah) [3500 a; 3561; 3501; 3376]: found only in Col. 2:16: first of the month, a new moon festival.

[n] of the sabbath = sabbaton (sab'-bat-on) [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:

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