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  • Colossians 2:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 17 Those things are a shadow of the things to come,+ but the reality belongs to the Christ.+

  • Colossians 2:17
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 17 ἅ which (things) ἐστιν is σκιὰ shadow τῶν of the (things) μελλόντων, being about to, τὸ the δὲ but σῶμα body τοῦ of the χριστοῦ. Christ.

  • Colossians 2:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 for those things are a shadow+ of the things to come, but the reality*+ belongs to the Christ.+

  • Colossians 2:17
    The Bible in Living English
    • 17 that are a shadow of what was to be—but the body belongs to the Christ;

  • Colossians 2:17
    American Standard Version
    • 17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

  • Colossians 2:17
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 17 Which are a shadow of the things to come, Whereas the body is of the Christ.

  • Colossians 2:17
    King James Version
    • 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

  • Colossians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 2:17 w23.10 25; it-2 905, 1131; w02 7/15 17; g92 11/8 21; si 228

  • Colossians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:17 g79 2/8 28; w78 4/1 18; g78 6/8 28; w76 453; w74 176; g74 4/8 11; w73 263; w73 415-416; w72 127; ad 1477; g71 10/8 27; li 25; w65 650; im 295; w64 199; g64 4/22 31; w61 380, 680; w57 390; w52 438; w51 249; w39 253

  • Colossians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:17

      The Watchtower (Study),

      10/2023, p. 25

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 905, 1131

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/2002, p. 17

      Awake!,

      11/8/1992, p. 21

      “All Scripture,” p. 228

  • Colossians Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:17

      a shadow of the things to come: The shadow that an object casts can give an idea of the general shape or design of the reality that casts it. However, a shadow is temporary, or transient, in comparison with the object or reality that the shadow represents. In this connection, Paul explains that the Law, including its festivals, tabernacle, and sacrifices, was a shadow that represented greater things to come.​—Heb 8:5; 9:23-28; 10:1.

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