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because even though I am absent physically, I'm with you in spirit. I'm happy to see the discipline and stability of your faith in Christ.
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So live in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way as you received him.
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Be rooted and built up in him, be established in faith, and overflow with thanksgiving just as you were taught.
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See to it that nobody enslaves you with philosophy and foolish deception, which conform to human traditions and the way the world thinks and acts rather than Christ.
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All the fullness of deity lives in Christ's body.