Text -- Colossians 2:17 (NET)

2:17 these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Col 2:17

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.”