Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Colossians 2

^{1 !} Hauing protested his good wil towarde them.

^{1 /} Or, peine and care.

^{1 a} Me present in bodie.

^{4 !} He admonisheth them not to turn backe from Christ.

^{5 c} In minde.

^{5 b} In bodie.

^{8 d} Teaching you vaine speculations, as worshipping of Angels, of blinde ceremonies and beggerlie traditions: for now they haue none vse seing Christ is come.

^{8 !} To the seruice of angels or anie other inuentionm, or els ceremonies of the Law.

^{9 /} Or, essentially.

^{9 e} In saying that the Godhead is really in Christ he sheweth that he is verie God: also saying, in him, he declareth two distincte natures, and by this worde dwelleth he proueth that it is there for euer.

^{11 f} Made by the Spirit of Christ.

^{12 g} In beleuing that God by his power raised vp Christ, whereof we haue a sure token in our baptisme.

^{13 /} Or, vs all our.

^{14 h} The ceremonies,and rites were as it were a publike profession, and hand writing of the miserable state of man kinde: for circumcision did declare our natural pollution: the purifyings, & washings signified the filth of sinne: the sacrifices testified that we were giltie of death, which were all taken away by Christs death.

^{14 /} Or, obligation.

^{15 i} As Satan & his Angels from whome he hathe taken all power.

^{16 k} Or, distinction, as to make difference betwixt dayes.

^{17 !} Which haue finished their office, and are ended in Christ.

^{18 /} Or, defraude you of your prise.

^{18 l} Meaning, that the hypocrites led them at their pleasure into all superstition and error.

^{22 m} And apperteine nothing to the kingdome of God.

^{23 o} They pinche and defraude their bodie to shewe them selues greater hypocrites.

^{23 /} Or, but they are of no value saue for the filling of the flesh.