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Source language
Original Greek   
ἅ ἐστιν σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ⸀τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
a estin skia ton mellonton, to de soma rtou Khristou.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quae sunt umbra futurorum corpus autem Christi

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Authorized (King James) Version   
which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
New King James Version   
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
21st Century King James Version   
which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because these things are shadows of those things that were future, but The Messiah is the body.
Darby Bible Translation   
which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
God's Word   
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body [that casts the shadow] belongs to Christ.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah.
International Standard Version   
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Messiah.
NET Bible   
these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ!
New American Standard Bible   
things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
New International Version   
These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
New Living Translation   
For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Weymouth New Testament   
These were a shadow of things that were soon to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
The World English Bible   
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Rules like that are only like shadows of real things that would happen later. But now we have what is real, Christ himself!
Young‘s Literal Translation   
which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body [is] of the Christ;
New Life Version   
These things are a picture of what is coming. The important thing is Christ Himself.
Revised Geneva Translation   
which are a shadow of things to come. But the body is of Christ.
The Voice Bible   
all these are only a shadow of what shall come. The reality, the core, the import, is found in the Anointed One.
Living Bible   
For these were only temporary rules that ended when Christ came. They were only shadows of the real thing—of Christ himself.
New Catholic Bible   
These are only a shadow of what is to come. The reality is Christ.
Legacy Standard Bible   
things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of the Christ.
Christian Standard Bible   
These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is Christ.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Such [things] are only the shadow of things that are to come, and they have only a symbolic value. But the reality (the substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it) belongs to Christ.
New Century Version   
These things were like a shadow of what was to come. But what is true and real has come and is found in Christ.
The Message   
So don’t put up with anyone pressuring you in details of diet, worship services, or holy days. All those things are mere shadows cast before what was to come; the substance is Christ.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
These are a shadow of the things that were coming, but the body belongs to Christ.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
These are but a shadow of what was to come, but the reality is found in Christ.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
New Matthew Bible   
These are nothing but shadows of things to come, but the substance is in Christ.
Good News Translation®   
All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is Christ.
Wycliffe Bible   
which be shadow of things to coming [which be shadow of things to come]; for the body is of Christ.
New Testament for Everyone   
These things are a shadow cast by the coming reality—and the body that casts the shadow belongs to the Messiah!
Contemporary English Version   
These things are only a shadow of what was to come. But Christ is real!
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
In view of these tremendous facts, don’t let anyone worry you by criticising what you eat or drink, or what holy days you ought to observe, or bothering you over new moons or sabbaths. All these things have at most only a symbolical value: the solid fact is Christ. Nor let any man cheat you of your joy in Christ by persuading you to make yourselves “humble” and fall down and worship angels. Such a man, inflated by an unspiritual imagination, is pushing his way into matters he knows nothing about, and in his cleverness forgetting his head. It is from the head alone that the body, by natural channels, is nourished and built up and grows according to God’s laws of growth.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the body belongs to Christ.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
Common English Bible © 2011   
These religious practices are only a shadow of what was coming—the body that cast the shadow is Christ.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
These are shadows of things to come; the reality belongs to Christ.
New American Standard Bible   
things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
The Expanded Bible   
These things ·were like [L are] a shadow of what was to come. But ·what is true and real has come and is found in Christ [or the reality/substance belongs to Christ; L the body (is) of Christ].
Tree of Life Version   
These are a foreshadowing of things to come, but the reality is Messiah.
Revised Standard Version   
These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
New International Reader's Version   
They are only a shadow of the things to come. But what is real is found in Christ.
BRG Bible   
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Complete Jewish Bible   
These are a shadow of things that are coming, but the body is of the Messiah.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
They are like a shadow of what is to come. But Christ is the body that makes the shadow.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Which are a shadow of the things to come in the Olam HaBah; but the reality, the substance, is Moshiach.
Names of God Bible   
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts the shadow belongs to Christ.
Modern English Version   
These are shadows of things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
Easy-to-Read Version   
In the past these things were like a shadow that showed what was coming. But the new things that were coming are found in Christ.
International Children’s Bible   
In the past, these things were like a shadow of what was to come. But the new things that were coming are found in Christ.
Lexham English Bible   
which are a shadow of what is to come, but the reality is Christ.
New International Version - UK   
These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
which are a shadow of the coming things, but the body is Christ’s.