Col 2:16 | RWP | e4.org | Let no one judge you ( μη τις υμας κρινετω ). Prohibition present active imperative third singular, forbidding the habit of passing judgment in such matters. For κρινω see on . Paul has here in mind the ascetic regulations and practices of one wing of the Gnostics (possibly Essenic or even Pharisaic influence). He makes a plea for freedom in such matters on a par with that in ; ; . The Essenes went far beyond the Mosaic regulations. For the Jewish feasts see on . Josephus ( Ant . III. 10, 1) expressly explains the "seventh day" as called " sabbata " (plural form as here, an effort to transliterate the Aramaic sabbathah ).

‏ Colossians 2:16

Let no one judge you ( μη τις υμας κρινετω ). Prohibition present active imperative third singular, forbidding the habit of passing judgment in such matters. For κρινω see on Mt 7:1. Paul has here in mind the ascetic regulations and practices of one wing of the Gnostics (possibly Essenic or even Pharisaic influence). He makes a plea for freedom in such matters on a par with that in 1Co 8-9; Ro 14; 15. The Essenes went far beyond the Mosaic regulations. For the Jewish feasts see on Ga 4:10. Josephus (Ant. III. 10, 1) expressly explains the "seventh day" as called "sabbata" (plural form as here, an effort to transliterate the Aramaic sabbathah).