Colossians 2:17 Cross References - RKJNT

¹⁷ Which are a shadow of things to come; but the reality belongs to Christ.

²⁸ Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.

¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

¹ Therefore, let us fear, lest while a promise of entering into his rest remains, any of you should seem to fall short of it. ² For the gospel was preached to us, as well as to them: but the word preached did not benefit them, because it was not combined with faith in those who heard it. ³ For we who have believed enter into that rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall never enter my rest: although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this manner, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works. ⁵ And again in this passage, They shall never enter my rest. ⁶ Therefore, since it remains that some must enter in, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter in because of unbelief: ⁷ He again fixes a certain day, calling it Today, saying through David after so long a time, as was said before, Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. ⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day. ⁹ Therefore, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God. ¹⁰ For he who has entered his rest, has also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his. ¹¹ Therefore, let us labour to enter that rest, lest any man fall by following their example of disobedience.

⁵ They serve at a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary. This is why, when Moses was about to make the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, See that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.

⁹ Which is a symbol for the present age, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshipper perfect in conscience;

¹ For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never by those sacrifices, which are offered year by year, continually, make perfect those who draw near.