Colossians 2:17 - Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

These things are only the shadow of what is to come; the substance is in the Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Such [things] are only the shadow of things that are to come, and they have only a symbolic value. But the reality (the substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it) belongs to Christ.

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American Standard Version (1901)

which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

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Common English Bible

These religious practices are only a shadow of what was coming—the body that cast the shadow is Christ.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.

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