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Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him;

being rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Beware, lest anyone spoil you through philosophy and empty deceit according to the traditions of man, according to the principles of the world and not according to 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