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Colossians 2:7-9
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Colossians 2:7-9
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
7 having been rooted, and being built-up in Him, and being established in the[a] faith just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Don’t Be Taken Captive By Human Thinking, Because All God’s Fullness Is In Christ
8 Be watching-out that there will not be anyone taking you captive through philosophy and empty deception according-to[b] the tradition of humans, according to the elemental things[c] of the world, and not according to Christ, 9 because in Him dwells all the fullness of the Deity[d] bodily[e].
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- Colossians 2:7 Or, in your faith, by faith.
- Colossians 2:8 Or, based on, by way of.
- Colossians 2:8 That is, the elementary knowledge of God available in the world before Christ, the world’s rudimentary teachings about God; or, the elemental spiritual beings or angels, the spirit powers.
- Colossians 2:9 That is, the divine essence or nature. This is an abstract term for ‘God’.
- Colossians 2:9 That is, in bodily form, in a bodily manner.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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