Colossians 2:7

Colossians 2:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
• New International Version (NIV)rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
• New King James Version (NKJV)rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Context of Colossians 2:7

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, being 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,

Colossians 2:7 word by word

ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ ἐποικοδομούμενοι ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ βεβαιούμενοι τῇ πίστει καθὼς ἐδιδάχθητε, περισσεύοντες ἐν εὐχαριστίᾳ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Rootedῥιζόωrhizoō · to rootG4492
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• built upἐποικοδομέωepoikodomeō · to build up/uponG2026
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• stablishedβεβαιόωbebaioō · to confirmG950
• the faithὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• ye have been taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
• aboundingπερισσεύωperisseuō · to exceedG4052
• thanksgivingεὐχαριστίαeucharistia · thankfulnessG2169

Cross-references for Colossians 2:7

• Colossians 1:23if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.
• Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams that bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
• Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the Lord, they thrive in the courts of our God.
• Isaiah 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the Lord to glorify him.
• Jeremiah 17:8He will be like a tree planted by water: it sends its roots out toward a stream, it doesn’t fear when heat comes, and its foliage remains green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease producing fruit.
• Ezekiel 17:23I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain so that it may bear branches, produce fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
• Romans 11:17Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,
• Ephesians 2:21In him the whole building, being put together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
• Ephesians 3:17and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
• Jude 1:12These people are dangerous reefs at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.
• Matthew 7:24“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• Luke 6:48He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.
• John 15:4Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.
• 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
• Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
• 1 Peter 2:4As you come to him, a living stone — rejected by people but chosen and honored by God —

Commentaries on Colossians 2:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Rooted and built up in him - It is not usual with the apostle to employ this double metaphor, taken partly from the growth of a tree and the increase of a building. They are to be rooted; as the good seed had been already sown, it is to take root, and the roots are to spread far, wide, and deep. They are to be grounded; as the foundation has already been laid, they are to build thereon. In the one case, they are to bear much fruit; in the other, they are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Rooted … in him - As a tree strikes its roots deep in the earth, so our faith should strike deep into the doctrine respecting the Saviour. See the phrase used here explained in the parallel place in Ephesians 3:17. And established in the faith, as ye have been taught - To wit, by the founders of the church, and by those faithful ministers who had succeeded them; Notes, Colossians 1:7. Abounding therein with thanksgiving - Expressing overflowing thanks to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-15Paul urges the Colossians to stay strong in their faith in Christ, despite the tempting arguments of the false teachers. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. Christ alone makes them complete.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Rooted--(Ep 3:17). built up--Greek, "being builded up." As "rooted" implies their vitality; so "builded up," massive solidity. As in the Song of Solomon, when one image is not sufficient to express the varied aspects of divine truth, another is employed to supply the idea required. Thus "walking," a third image (Col 2:6), expresses the thought which "rooted" and "built," though each suggesting a thought peculiar to itself, could not express, namely…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Colossians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings