2For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.G1063G2309G5209G1492G2245G73G2192G4012G5216G2532G1722G2993G2532G3745G3708G3756G3708G3450G4383G1722G45612[I want] their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding, and have the knowledge of God's mystery— Christ.G2443G846G2588G3870G4822G1722G26G2532G1519G3956G4149G4136G4907G1519G1922G3466G2316G2532G3962G2532G55473In Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.G1722G3739G1526G614G3956G2344G4678G2532G1108
Christ versus the Colossian Heresy
4I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.G1161G5124G3004G3363G5100G3884G5209G1722G40865For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the strength of your faith in Christ.G1063G1499G548G4561G235G1510G4862G5213G4151G5463G2532G991G5216G5010G2532G4733G5216G4102G1519G55476Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him,G5613G3880G3767G3880G5547G2424G2962G4043G1722G8467rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.G4492G2532G2026G1722G846G2532G950G1722G4102G2531G1321G4052G1722G846G1722G21698Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.G991G3361G5100G2071G4812G5209G1223G5385G2532G2756G539G2596G3862G444G2596G4747G2889G2532G3756G2596G55479For in Him the entire fullness of God's nature dwells bodily,G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G2320G498510and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.G2532G2075G4137G1722G846G3739G2076G2776G3956G746G2532G184911In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Messiah.G1722G3739G2532G4059G4061G886G1722G555G4983G266G4561G1722G4061G554712Having been buried with Him in baptism, you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.G4916G846G1722G908G1722G3739G2532G4891G1223G4102G1753G2316G3588G1453G846G1537G349813And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses.G2532G5209G5607G3498G1722G3900G2532G203G5216G4561G4806G4862G846G5483G5213G3956G390014He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.G1813G5498G1378G2596G2257G3739G2258G5227G2254G2532G142G846G1537G3319G4338G846G471615He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.G554G746G2532G1849G1165G1722G3954G2358G846G1722G84616Therefore don't let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a sabbath day.G2919G3361G5100G3767G2919G5209G1722G1035G2228G1722G4213G2228G1722G3313G1859G2228G3561G2228G452117These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah.G3739G2076G4639G3195G1161G4983G554718Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his fleshly mind.G2603G3367G2603G5209G2603G1722G2309G5012G2532G2356G32G1687G3739G3708G3361G3708G1500G5448G5259G846G4561G356319He doesn't hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.G2532G3756G2902G2776G1537G3739G3956G4983G1223G860G2532G4886G2023G2532G4822G837G838G231620If you died with Christ to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:G3767G1487G599G4862G5547G575G4747G2889G5101G5613G2198G1722G2889G137921"Don't handle, don't taste, don't touch"?G680G3361G1089G3366G2345G336622All these [regulations] refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.G3739G3956G2076G1519G5356G671G2596G1778G2532G1319G44423Although these have a reputation of wisdom by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value against fleshly indulgence.G3748G2192G3303G2076G3056G4678G1722G1479G2532G5012G2532G857G4983G3756G1722G5100G5092G4314G4140G4561
Prayer Tents is a Christian mission organization that serves Christians around the world and their local bodies to make disciples ("evangelize") more effectively in their communities. Prayer Tents provides resources to enable Christians to form discipleship-focused small groups and make their gatherings known so that other "interested" people may participate and experience Christ in their midst. Our Vision is to make disciples in all nations through the local churches so that anyone seeking God can come to know Him through relationships with other Christians near them.
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