^{18 Ref} Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

^{19 Ref} And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

^{20 Ref} If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders

^{18 Ref} Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

^{19 Ref} and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.

^{20 Ref} If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

^{18 Ref} let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and `in' worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

^{19 Ref} and not holding the head, from which all the body -- through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together -- may increase with the increase of God.

^{20 Ref} If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?