Colossians 2:16-17

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[16] Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, [17] which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

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Laodicea was a prosperous city in the Lycus Valley of Asia Minor, near Colossae, where related Christian communities faced similar religious pressures. Though not named in these verses, its proximity helps situate Paul’s warning against judging believers by food laws, festivals, and Sabbaths, which were shadows fulfilled in Christ.

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Colossians 2:16-17 mentions Laodicea.