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as you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, even so walk, rooted and built in him, and steadfast in the faith, as you have learned. And abound therein in giving thanks.

Beware lest any man come and rob you through philosophy and vain deceit, through the precepts of men, and observances after the world, and not after Christ.

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Spiritual Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,(A) continue to live your lives in him, rooted(B) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(C) and overflowing with thankfulness.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(D) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(E) rather than on Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20