19He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.


In Context

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.

17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions.

19 He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules:

21 "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"?

Colossians 2:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And not holding the head, from which the whole body, by joints and bands, being supplied with nourishment and compacted, groweth unto the increase of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:19and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:19and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And not holding the head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19and not holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together — may increase with the increase of God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God.