Colossians 2
2For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf, and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,G1063G2309G5209G1492G2245G73G2192G4012G5216G2532G1722G2993G2532G3745G3708G3756G3708G3450G4383G1722G45612that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and [attaining] to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, [resulting] in a true knowledge of God's mystery, [that is,] Christ [Himself],G2443G846G2588G3870G4822G1722G26G2532G1519G3956G4149G4136G4907G1519G1922G3466G2316G2532G3962G2532G55473in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.G1722G3739G1526G614G3956G2344G4678G2532G11084I say this in order that no one may delude you with persuasive argument.G1161G5124G3004G3363G5100G3884G5209G1722G40865For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ.G1063G1499G548G4561G235G1510G4862G5213G4151G5463G2532G991G5216G5010G2532G4733G5216G4102G1519G55476As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in Him,G5613G3880G3767G3880G5547G2424G2962G4043G1722G8467having been firmly rooted [and now] being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, [and] overflowing with gratitude.G4492G2532G2026G1722G846G2532G950G1722G4102G2531G1321G4052G1722G846G1722G21698See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.G991G3361G5100G2071G4812G5209G1223G5385G2532G2756G539G2596G3862G444G2596G4747G2889G2532G3756G2596G55479For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form,G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G2320G498510and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;G2532G2075G4137G1722G846G3739G2076G2776G3956G746G2532G184911and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;G1722G3739G2532G4059G4061G886G1722G555G4983G266G4561G1722G4061G554712having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.G4916G846G1722G908G1722G3739G2532G4891G1223G4102G1753G2316G3588G1453G846G1537G349813And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,G2532G5209G5607G3498G1722G3900G2532G203G5216G4561G4806G4862G846G5483G5213G3956G390014having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us [and] which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.G1813G5498G1378G2596G2257G3739G2258G5227G2254G2532G142G846G1537G3319G4338G846G471615When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.G554G746G2532G1849G1165G1722G3954G2358G846G1722G84616Therefore let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—G2919G3361G5100G3767G2919G5209G1722G1035G2228G1722G4213G2228G1722G3313G1859G2228G3561G2228G452117things which are a [mere] shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.G3739G2076G4639G3195G1161G4983G554718Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on [visions] he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,G2603G3367G2603G5209G2603G1722G2309G5012G2532G2356G32G1687G3739G3708G3361G3708G1500G5448G5259G846G4561G356319and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.G2532G3756G2902G2776G1537G3739G3956G4983G1223G860G2532G4886G2023G2532G4822G837G838G231620If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,G3767G1487G599G4862G5547G575G4747G2889G5101G5613G2198G1722G2889G137921"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"G680G3361G1089G3366G2345G336622(which all [refer to] things destined to perish with the using)— in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?G3739G3956G2076G1519G5356G671G2596G1778G2532G1319G44423These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, [ but are] of no value against fleshly indulgence.G3748G2192G3303G2076G3056G4678G1722G1479G2532G5012G2532G857G4983G3756G1722G5100G5092G4314G4140G4561
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