Colossians:2:6-23

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* Now as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord , walk in him ; * rooted and built up in him , and established in the faith , even as you have been taught , abounding in it with thanksgiving . * Beware lest any one make a prey of you through an empty and deceitful philosophy , -according to the tradition of men , according to the elements of the world , and not according to Christ . * For all the fullness of the Deity resides substantially in him . * And you are complete in him , who is the head of all government and power . * By whom , also , you have been circumcised with the circumcision made without hands , in the putting off of the body of the flesh , by the circumcision of Christ ; * having been buried with him in immersion , by which also you have been raised with him , through the belief of the strong working of God , who raised him from the dead . * For you , who were dead on account of trespasses , and by the uncircumcision of your flesh , he had made alive together with him , having forgiven you all trespasses :- * having blotted out the handwriting of the ordinances concerning us , which was contrary to us , he has taken it away , nailing it to the cross :- * having spoiled governments and powers , he made a show of them openly , having triumphed over them by it . * Let no one , therefore , judge you in meat , or in drink , or in respect of a festival , or of a new moon , or of sabbaths ; * which are a shadow of the things which were to come , but the substance is of Christ . * Let no one beguile you of your reward , -delighting in humility , and the worship of messengers , intruding into things which he has not seen , being without cause , puffed up by his own carnal mind : * and not holding firmly the head , by whom the whole body , through the joints and ligaments , being served and compacted , increases with the increase of God . * Now , if you have died with Christ from the elements of the world , why , as living in the world , you are subject to ordinances , * Touch not , taste not , handle not ; * (which are all to perish with the using ;) after the commandments and doctrines of men ; * which things have , indeed , a show of wisdom in will-worship , and humility , and not sparing the body-without any respect to the gratification of the flesh .

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