New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 2:1-10

1For I want you to know how great a 1struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at 2Laodicea, and for all those who have not 3personally seen my face, 2that their 4hearts may be encouraged, having been 5knit together in love, and attaining to all 6the wealth 7that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a 8true knowledge of 9God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3in whom are hidden all 10the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 11I say this so that no one will delude you with 12persuasive argument. 5For even though I am 13absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing 14to see 15your 16good discipline and the 17stability of your faith in Christ.

6Therefore as you have received 18Christ Jesus the Lord, so 19 20walk in Him, 7having been firmly 21rooted and now being 22built up in Him and 23established 24in your faith, just as you 25were instructed, and overflowing 26with gratitude.

8 27See to it that no one takes you captive through 28philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the 29elementary principles of the world, 30rather than according to Christ. 9For in Him all the 31fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10and in Him you have been 32made 33complete, and 34He is the head 35over all 36rule and authority;

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Notes

1. Colossians 2:1 Col 1:29; 4:12 ↩
2. Colossians 2:1 Col 4:13, 15f; Rev 1:11 ↩
3. Colossians 2:1 Lit in the flesh ↩
4. Colossians 2:2 1 Cor 14:31; Eph 6:22; Col 4:8 ↩
5. Colossians 2:2 Col 2:19 ↩
6. Colossians 2:2 Eph 1:7, 18; 3:16 ↩
7. Colossians 2:2 Lit of the full assurance ↩
8. Colossians 2:2 Matt 13:11 ↩
9. Colossians 2:2 Rom 16:25f; Eph 3:3f; Col 1:26; 4:3 ↩
10. Colossians 2:3 Is 11:2; Rom 11:33 ↩
11. Colossians 2:4 Eph 4:17 ↩
12. Colossians 2:4 Rom 16:18 ↩
13. Colossians 2:5 1 Cor 5:3 ↩
14. Colossians 2:5 Lit and seeing ↩
15. Colossians 2:5 Or your good order ↩
16. Colossians 2:5 1 Cor 14:40 ↩
17. Colossians 2:5 1 Pet 5:9 ↩
18. Colossians 2:6 Gal 3:26 ↩
19. Colossians 2:6 Or lead your life ↩
20. Colossians 2:6 Col 1:10 ↩
21. Colossians 2:7 Eph 3:17 ↩
22. Colossians 2:7 1 Cor 3:9; Eph 2:20 ↩
23. Colossians 2:7 1 Cor 1:8 ↩
24. Colossians 2:7 Or by ↩
25. Colossians 2:7 Eph 4:21 ↩
26. Colossians 2:7 One early ms reads in it with ↩
27. Colossians 2:8 1 Cor 8:9; 10:12; Gal 5:15; Heb 3:12 ↩
28. Colossians 2:8 Eph 5:6; Col 2:23; 1 Tim 6:20 ↩
29. Colossians 2:8 Gal 4:3; Col 2:20 ↩
30. Colossians 2:8 Lit and not ↩
31. Colossians 2:9 2 Cor 5:19; Col 1:19 ↩
32. Colossians 2:10 Eph 3:19 ↩
33. Colossians 2:10 Lit full ↩
34. Colossians 2:10 Eph 1:21f ↩
35. Colossians 2:10 Lit of ↩
36. Colossians 2:10 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 3:10; Col 2:15 ↩

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