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Colossians 2

You Are Built Up in Christ

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For I want you to know how great a  astruggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at  bLaodicea, and for all those who have not  1personally seen my face,

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that their  ahearts may be encouraged, having been  bknit together in love, and attaining to all  cthe wealth  1that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a  dtrue knowledge of  eGod's mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

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in whom are hidden all  athe treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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 aI say this so that no one will delude you with  bpersuasive argument.

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For even though I am  aabsent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing  1to see  2your  bgood discipline and the  cstability of your faith in Christ.

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Therefore as you have received  aChrist Jesus the Lord, so  1 bwalk in Him,

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having been firmly  arooted and now being  bbuilt up in Him and  cestablished  1in your faith, just as you  dwere instructed, and overflowing  2with gratitude.

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 aSee to it that no one takes you captive through  bphilosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the  celementary principles of the world,  1rather than according to Christ.

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For in Him all the  afullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

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and in Him you have been  amade  1complete, and  bHe is the head  2over all  crule and authority;

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and in Him  ayou were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of  bthe body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

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having been  aburied with Him in baptism, in which you were also  braised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who  craised Him from the dead.

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When you were  adead  1in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He  bmade you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,

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having canceled out  athe certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and  bHe has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

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When He had  1 adisarmed the  brulers and authorities, He  amade a public display of them, having  ctriumphed over them through  2Him.

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Therefore no one is to  1 aact as your judge in regard to  bfood or  bdrink or in respect to a  cfestival or a  dnew moon or a  eSabbath  2day--

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things which are  aa mere shadow of what is to come; but the  1substance  2belongs to Christ.

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Let no one keep  1 adefrauding you of your prize by  bdelighting in  2self-abasement and the worship of the angels,  3taking his stand on visions he has seen,  4 cinflated without cause by his  dfleshly mind,

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and not holding fast to  athe head, from whom  bthe entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and  1ligaments, grows with a growth  2which is from God.

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 aIf you have died with Christ  1to the  belementary principles of the world,  cwhy, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to  ddecrees, such as,

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"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"

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(which all refer  ato things destined to perish  1with use)--in accordance with the  bcommandments and teachings of men?

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These are matters which have, to be sure, the  1appearance of wisdom in  2 aself-made religion and self-abasement and  bsevere treatment of the body, but are of no value against  cfleshly indulgence.



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