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Colossians 2:3-13

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3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 I am saying this so that no one may deceive you with plausible arguments.
4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.
5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
10 and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.
10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
11 In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ;
11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,
12 when you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,
13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
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