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Colossians 2
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You Are Built Up in Christ

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,G1063G2309G5209G1492G2245G73G2192G4012G5216G2532G1722G2993G2532G3745G3708G3756G3708G3450G4383G1722G4561 2that 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],G2443G846G2588G3870G4822G1722G26G2532G1519G3956G4149G4136G4907G1519G1922G3466G2316G2532G3962G2532G5547 3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.G1722G3739G1526G614G3956G2344G4678G2532G1108 4I say this in order that no one may delude you with persuasive argument.G1161G5124G3004G3363G5100G3884G5209G1722G4086 5For 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.G1063G1499G548G4561G235G1510G4862G5213G4151G5463G2532G991G5216G5010G2532G4733G5216G4102G1519G5547 6As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in Him,G5613G3880G3767G3880G5547G2424G2962G4043G1722G846 7having been firmly rooted [and now] being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, [and] overflowing with gratitude.G4492G2532G2026G1722G846G2532G950G1722G4102G2531G1321G4052G1722G846G1722G2169 8See 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.G991G3361G5100G2071G4812G5209G1223G5385G2532G2756G539G2596G3862G444G2596G4747G2889G2532G3756G2596G5547 9For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form,G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G2320G4985 10and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;G2532G2075G4137G1722G846G3739G2076G2776G3956G746G2532G1849 11and 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;G1722G3739G2532G4059G4061G886G1722G555G4983G266G4561G1722G4061G5547 12having 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.G4916G846G1722G908G1722G3739G2532G4891G1223G4102G1753G2316G3588G1453G846G1537G3498 13And 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,G2532G5209G5607G3498G1722G3900G2532G203G5216G4561G4806G4862G846G5483G5213G3956G3900 14having 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.G1813G5498G1378G2596G2257G3739G2258G5227G2254G2532G142G846G1537G3319G4338G846G4716 15When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.G554G746G2532G1849G1165G1722G3954G2358G846G1722G846 16Therefore 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—G2919G3361G5100G3767G2919G5209G1722G1035G2228G1722G4213G2228G1722G3313G1859G2228G3561G2228G4521 17things which are a [mere] shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.G3739G2076G4639G3195G1161G4983G5547 18Let 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,G2603G3367G2603G5209G2603G1722G2309G5012G2532G2356G32G1687G3739G3708G3361G3708G1500G5448G5259G846G4561G3563 19and 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.G2532G3756G2902G2776G1537G3739G3956G4983G1223G860G2532G4886G2023G2532G4822G837G838G2316 20If 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,G3767G1487G599G4862G5547G575G4747G2889G5101G5613G2198G1722G2889G1379 21"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"G680G3361G1089G3366G2345G3366 22(which all [refer to] things destined to perish with the using)— in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?G3739G3956G2076G1519G5356G671G2596G1778G2532G1319G444 23These 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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