Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a festival, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:2
"Speak to the Israelites and say to them, 'These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.

1 Chronicles 23:31
Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

2 Chronicles 31:3
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.

Nehemiah 10:33
for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moon and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

Mark 2:27
Then Jesus told them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Mark 7:19
because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated." (Thus all foods are clean.)

Romans 14:3
The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

Romans 14:5
One man regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 4:10
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

Colossians 2:20
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

1 Timothy 4:3
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Hebrews 9:10
They consist only in food and drink and special washings--external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those devoted to them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

judge.

Romans 14:3, 10, 13
The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:28-31
But if someone tells you, "This food was offered to idols, " then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience-- . . .

Galatians 2:12, 13
For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group. . . .

James 4:11
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the Law and judges it. And if you judge the Law, you are not a practitioner of the Law, but a judge of it.

in meat, etc.

Leviticus 11:2-47
"Say to the Israelites, 'Of all the beasts of the earth, you may eat . . .

Leviticus 17:10-15
If anyone from the house of Israel or foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people. . . .

Deuteronomy 14:3
You must not eat any detestable thing.

Ezekiel 4:14
"Ah, Lord GOD, " I said, "I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth."

Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it."

Acts 11:3-18
and said, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them." . . .

Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

Romans 14:2, 6, 14-17, 20, 21
For one man has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. . . .

1 Corinthians 8:7-13
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. . . .

1 Timothy 4:3-5
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. . . .

Hebrews 9:10
They consist only in food and drink and special washings--external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those devoted to them.

in respect.

Leviticus 23:1-44
Then the LORD said to Moses, . . .

Numbers 28:1-29:40
Then the LORD said to Moses, . . .

Deuteronomy 16:1-17
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. . . .

Nehemiah 8:9
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

Nehemiah 10:31
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath day or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

Psalm 42:4
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and praise.

Romans 14:5, 6
One man regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. . . .

the new.

Numbers 10:10
And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."

Numbers 28:11, 14
At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, . . .

1 Samuel 20:5, 18
So David told him, "Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now. . . .

2 Kings 4:23
"Why would you go to him today?" he replied. "It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath." "Everything is all right, " she said.

1 Chronicles 23:31
Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

Nehemiah 10:33
for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moon and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

Psalm 81:3
Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

Isaiah 1:13
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me--your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations--I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

Ezekiel 45:17
And it shall be the prince's part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the festivals, New Moons, and Sabbaths--for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 46:1-3
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. . . .

Amos 8:5
asking, "When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Galatians 4:10
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

or of the sabbath.

Leviticus 16:31
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

Leviticus 23:3, 24, 32, 39
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD. . . .

Links
Colossians 2:16 NIV
Colossians 2:16 NLT
Colossians 2:16 ESV
Colossians 2:16 NASB
Colossians 2:16 KJV

Colossians 2:16 Bible Apps
Colossians 2:16 Parallel
Colossians 2:16 Biblia Paralela
Colossians 2:16 Chinese Bible
Colossians 2:16 French Bible
Colossians 2:16 German Bible

Colossians 2:16 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Colossians 2:15
Top of Page
Top of Page