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For 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.
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[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.
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In Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
Christ versus the Colossian Heresy
4 I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.
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For 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.
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Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him,
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rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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Be 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.
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For in Him the entire fullness of God's nature dwells bodily,
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and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.