1 STF Htio bih uistinu da znate koliko mi se boriti za vas, za one u Laodiceji i za sve koji me nisu vidjeli licem u lice: BSB BSB: For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
2 STF da se ohrabre srca njihova, povezana u ljubavi, te se vinu do svega bogatstva, punine shvacanja, do spoznanja otajstva Boћjega- Krista, BSB BSB: that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
3 STF u kojem su sva bogatstva mudrosti i spoznaje skrivena. BSB BSB: in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 STF To govorim zato da vas tko ne prevari zavodljivim rijecima. BSB BSB: I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
5 STF Jer ako sam tijelom nenazocan, duhom sam ipak s vama: s radoљcu promatram vaљ red i cvrstocu vaљe vjere u Krista. BSB BSB: For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
6 STF Kao љto primiste Krista Isusa, Gospodina, tako u njemu ћivite: BSB BSB: Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
7 STF ukorijenjeni i nazidani na njemu i ucvrљceni vjerom kako ste pouceni, obilujte zahvaljivanjem. BSB BSB: rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
9 STF Jer u njemu tjelesno prebiva sva punina boћanstva; te ste i vi BSB BSB: For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
10 STF ispunjeni u njemu, koji je glava svakoga Vrhovniљtva i Vlasti. BSB BSB: And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
11 STF U njemu ste i obrezani obrezanjem nerukotvorenim- svukoste tijelo puteno- obrezanjem Kristovim: BSB BSB: In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
12 STF s njime suukopani u krљtenju, u njemu ste i suuskrsli po vjeri u snagu Boga koji ga uskrisi od mrtvih. BSB BSB: And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
13 STF On i vas, koji bijaste mrtvi zbog prijestupa i neobrezanosti svoga tijela, i vas on oћivi zajedno s njime. Milostivo nam je oprostio sve prijestupe, BSB BSB: When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
14 STF izbrisao zaduћnicu koja propisima bijaљe protiv nas, protivila nam se. Nju on ukloni pribivљi je na kriћ. BSB BSB: having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
17 STF To je tek sjena onoga љto dolazi, a zbiljnost jest- tijelo Kristovo. BSB BSB: These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
18 STF Nitko neka vas ne podcjenjuje zato љto on sam uћiva u "poniznosti i љtovanju andela", zadubljuje se u svoja videnja, bezrazloћno se nadima tjelesnom pamecu svojom, BSB BSB: Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
19 STF a ne drћi se Glave, Njega od kojeg sve Tijelo, zglobovima i svezama zbrinuto i povezano, raste rastom Boћjim. BSB BSB: He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
20 STF Ako ste s Kristom umrli za pocela svijeta, zaљto se, kao da joљ u ovom svijetu ћivite, dajete pod propise: BSB BSB: 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:
21 STF "Ne diraj, ne kuљaj, ne dotici"? BSB BSB: “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
22 STF Sve ce to uporabom propasti. Uredbe i nauci ljudski! BSB BSB: These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
23 STF Po samozvanu bogoљtovlju, poniznosti i trapljenju tijela sve to doduљe slovi kao mudrost, ali nema nikakve vrijednosti, samo zasicuje tijelo. BSB BSB: Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
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