Colossians 2:7-9

Lexham English Bible

⁷ firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness. ⁸ Beware lest anyone take you captive^[a] through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition^[b], according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ, ⁹ because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,