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6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
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As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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.
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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.
9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
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For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
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and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.
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,
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In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ;
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.
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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.
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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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,
14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
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erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross.
15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
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He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.
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