Colossians:2

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* For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those at Laodicea , and [for ] as many as have not seen my face in [the ] flesh , * that their hearts might be comforted , being knit together in love , and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding , to [the ] full knowledge of the mystery of God , and of the Father , and of Christ ; * in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge . * And I say this that not anyone should beguile you with enticing words . * For though I am absent in the flesh , yet I am with you in the spirit , rejoicing and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ . * Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord , [so ] walk in Him , * rooted and built up in Him , and established in the faith , as you have been taught , abounding in it with thanksgiving . * Beware lest anyone rob you through philosophy and vain deceit , according to the tradition of men , according to the elements of the world , and not according to Christ . * For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily . * And you are complete in Him , who is the Head of all principality and power , * in whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands , in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ , * buried with Him in baptism , in whom also you were raised through the faith of the working of God , raising Him from the dead . * And you , being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh , He has made alive together with Him , having forgiven you all trespasses , * blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us , which was contrary to us , and has taken it out of the way , nailing it to the cross . * Having stripped rulers and authorities , He made a show of them publicly , triumphing [over ] them in it . * Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink , or in respect of a feast , or of the new moon , or of the sabbaths . * For these are a shadow of things to come , but the body [is ] of Christ . * Let no one defraud you , delighting in humility and worship of the angels , intruding into things which he has not seen , without a cause [being ] vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind , * and not holding the Head , from whom all the body , having been supplied through the joints and bands , and having been joined together , will grow with the growth of God . * If then you died with Christ from the elements of the world , why , as [though ] living in [the ] world , are you subject to [its ] ordinances : * touch not , taste not , handle not ; * which things are all for corruption in the using , according to the commands and doctrines of men ? * [These ] things indeed have a reputation of wisdom in self-imposed worship and humility , and unsparing severity of the ] body , not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh .

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