Colossians 2:2-10

2I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery  — Christ.

3In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with arguments that sound reasonable.

5For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.

6So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him,

7being rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with gratitude.

8Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.

9For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ,

10and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.