Discovery BoxColossians 2:16-17 
Context2:16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days – 2:17 these are only 1 the shadow of the things to come, but the reality 2 is Christ! 3
Colossians 2:20
Context2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits 4 of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
1 tn The word “only,” though not in the Greek text, is supplied in the English translation to bring out the force of the Greek phrase.
2 tn Grk “but the body of Christ.” The term body here, when used in contrast to shadow (σκιά, skia) indicates the opposite meaning, i.e., the reality or substance itself.
3 tn The genitive τοῦ Χριστοῦ (tou Cristou) is appositional and translated as such: “the reality is Christ.”
