Colossians 2:23 - Prayer Tents



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Colossians 2
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2Let me tell you how hard I have worked for you and for the people in Laodicea and for all others who do not know me personally.G1063G2309G5209G1492G2245G73G2192G4012G5216G2532G1722G2993G2532G3745G3708G3756G3708G3450G4383G1722G4561
2I do this in order that they may be filled with courage and may be drawn together in love, and so have the full wealth of assurance which true understanding brings. In this way they will know God's secret, which is Christ himself.G2443G846G2588G3870G4822G1722G26G2532G1519G3956G4149G4136G4907G1519G1922G3466G2316G2532G3962G2532G5547
3He is the key that opens all the hidden treasures of God's wisdom and knowledge.G1722G3739G1526G614G3956G2344G4678G2532G1108
4I tell you, then, do not let anyone deceive you with false arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.G1161G5124G3004G3363G5100G3884G5209G1722G4086
5For even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I am glad as I see the resolute firmness with which you stand together in your faith in Christ.G1063G1499G548G4561G235G1510G4862G5213G4151G5463G2532G991G5216G5010G2532G4733G5216G4102G1519G5547

Fullness of Life in Christ

6Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him.G5613G3880G3767G3880G5547G2424G2962G4043G1722G846
7Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.G4492G2532G2026G1722G846G2532G950G1722G4102G2531G1321G4052G1722G846G1722G2169
8See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.G991G3361G5100G2071G4812G5209G1223G5385G2532G2756G539G2596G3862G444G2596G4747G2889G2532G3756G2596G5547
9For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G2320G4985
10and you have been given full life in union with him. He is supreme over every spiritual ruler and authority.G2532G2075G4137G1722G846G3739G2076G2776G3956G746G2532G1849
11In union with Christ you were circumcised, not with the circumcision that is made by human beings, but with the circumcision made by Christ, which consists of being freed from the power of this sinful self.G1722G3739G2532G4059G4061G886G1722G555G4983G266G4561G1722G4061G5547
12For when you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and in baptism you were also raised with Christ through your faith in the active power of God, who raised him from death.G4916G846G1722G908G1722G3739G2532G4891G1223G4102G1753G2316G3588G1453G846G1537G3498
13You were at one time spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were Gentiles without the Law. But God has now brought you to life with Christ. God forgave us all our sins;G2532G5209G5607G3498G1722G3900G2532G203G5216G4561G4806G4862G846G5483G5213G3956G3900
14he canceled the unfavorable record of our debts with its binding rules and did away with it completely by nailing it to the cross.G1813G5498G1378G2596G2257G3739G2258G5227G2254G2532G142G846G1537G3319G4338G846G4716
15And on that cross Christ freed himself from the power of the spiritual rulers and authorities; he made a public spectacle of them by leading them as captives in his victory procession.G554G746G2532G1849G1165G1722G3954G2358G846G1722G846
16So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.G2919G3361G5100G3767G2919G5209G1722G1035G2228G1722G4213G2228G1722G3313G1859G2228G3561G2228G4521
17All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is Christ.G3739G2076G4639G3195G1161G4983G5547
18Do not allow yourselves to be condemned by anyone who claims to be superior because of special visions and who insists on false humility and the worship of angels. For no reason at all, such people are all puffed up by their human way of thinkingG2603G3367G2603G5209G2603G1722G2309G5012G2532G2356G32G1687G3739G3708G3361G3708G1500G5448G5259G846G4561G3563
19and have stopped holding on to Christ, who is the head of the body. Under Christ's control the whole body is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God wants it to grow.G2532G3756G2902G2776G1537G3739G3956G4983G1223G860G2532G4886G2023G2532G4822G837G838G2316

Dying and Living with Christ

20You have died with Christ and are set free from the ruling spirits of the universe. Why, then, do you live as though you belonged to this world? Why do you obey such rules asG3767G1487G599G4862G5547G575G4747G2889G5101G5613G2198G1722G2889G1379
21"Don't handle this," "Don't taste that," "Don't touch the other"?G680G3361G1089G3366G2345G3366
22All these refer to things which become useless once they are used; they are only human rules and teachings.G3739G3956G2076G1519G5356G671G2596G1778G2532G1319G444
23Of course such rules appear to be based on wisdom in their forced worship of angels, and false humility, and severe treatment of the body; but they have no real value in controlling physical passions.G3748G2192G3303G2076G3056G4678G1722G1479G2532G5012G2532G857G4983G3756G1722G5100G5092G4314G4140G4561


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