Contents
- 1 📖 Colossians 2:16 (KJV)
- 2 ❓ Does This Verse Mean We No Longer Keep the Sabbaths, Feast Days, or Dietary Laws?
- 3 🔍 Step 1: Context from the Chapter
- 4 🔍 Step 2: Literal Breakdown of Colossians 2:16
- 5 📖 Precepts Confirming the Laws Are Still Valid
- 6 🧾 So What Is Paul Really Saying?
- 7 🔥 Example:
- 8 ✅ Final Word (All Precepts Considered)
📖 Colossians 2:16 (KJV)
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:”
❓ Does This Verse Mean We No Longer Keep the Sabbaths, Feast Days, or Dietary Laws?
No. That is not what the verse says — nor is that supported anywhere else in Scripture. When read in context and with precept upon precept, Colossians 2:16 is not abolishing obedience — it is defending it.
Let’s walk through it step by step.
🔍 Step 1: Context from the Chapter
📖 Colossians 2:8 (KJV)
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
🔥 Paul is warning about being judged by men’s traditions, not YAH’s commandments.
This whole chapter is about not allowing worldly, man-made religious systems to bind or condemn those who obey the commandments of God.
🔍 Step 2: Literal Breakdown of Colossians 2:16
“Let no man therefore judge you…”
— Paul says, don’t let carnal, worldly men condemn you“…in meat, or in drink…”
— Refers to dietary laws or festival food offerings kept in obedience to YAH (Lev. 11, Lev. 23)“…or in respect of an holyday…”
— Refers to YAH’s feast days, not pagan holidays (Lev. 23)“…or of the new moon…”
— The new month markers which determine YAH’s calendar (Num. 10:10, Isa. 66:23)“…or of the sabbath days:”
— Refers to weekly and annual Sabbaths (Lev. 23:3, Lev. 23:24, Lev. 23:39)
➤ Paul is not abolishing these — he is telling the obedient not to be judged or condemned for keeping them!
📖 Precepts Confirming the Laws Are Still Valid
🔹 Sabbath and Feasts Are Forever
📖 Exodus 31:16–17
“…a perpetual covenant… for ever.”
📖 Zechariah 14:16–19
“All nations… shall go up to keep the feast of tabernacles…”
📖 Isaiah 66:23
“From one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship…”
🔹 The New Covenant Still Requires Obedience
📖 Hebrews 10:16 (KJV)
“I will put my laws into their hearts…”
📖 Romans 3:31 (KJV)
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”
🧾 So What Is Paul Really Saying?
| What It Doesn’t Mean | What It Does Mean |
|---|---|
| You can ignore Sabbaths, feasts, or dietary laws | Don’t let unbelievers or false teachers condemn you for keeping them |
| God’s laws are no longer binding | Man’s philosophies and traditions should not override Yah’s commandments |
| Grace means freedom from obedience | Grace gives strength to keep the commandments with a pure heart |
🔥 Example:
In Paul’s time, Gentiles were turning from paganism and beginning to keep:
- Sabbaths
- Feast days
- Clean food
- YAH’s calendar
Unbelievers and Judaizers were judging them harshly — and Paul said, “Don’t let them.”
✅ Final Word (All Precepts Considered)
📖 Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV)
“Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”
📖 Matthew 5:19 (KJV)
“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom…”
📖 Revelation 14:12 (KJV)
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
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