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Built Up in Christ
For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;
For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;
I want you to know how much I have agonized for you and for the church at Laodicea, and for many other believers who have never met me personally.
to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to [the] full knowledge of the mystery of God;
I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.
in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.
In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.
I am telling you this so no one will deceive you with well-crafted arguments.
For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong.
Alive in Christ
As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
Freedom from Rules and New Life in Christ
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.
rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
See that there be no one who shall lead *you* away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.
For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;
and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and authority,
So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
in whom also ye have been circumcised with circumcision not done by hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ;
buried with him in baptism, in which ye have been also raised with [him] through faith of the working of God who raised him from among the dead.
For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.
having effaced the handwriting in ordinances which [stood out] against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it also out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;
He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
having spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by it.
Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.
which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.
For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.
If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as [if] alive in [the] world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,
(things which are all for destruction in the using [of them]:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,
Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.
(which have indeed an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship, and humility, and harsh treatment of the body, not in a certain honour,) to [the] satisfaction of the flesh.
These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires.