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Passage Lookup: Colossians 2

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Colossians 2:1
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For I want you to know how great a struggle(a) I have for you, for those in Laodicea,(b) and for all who have not seen me in person.
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Colossians 2:2
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I want their hearts to be encouraged(c) and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery(d)—Christ.[a](e)
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Colossians 2:3
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All the treasures of wisdom(f) and knowledge(g) are hidden in Him.
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Colossians 2:4
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I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.
Colossians 2:5
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For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit,(h) rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.
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Colossians 2:6
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Therefore, as you have received(i) Christ Jesus the Lord,(j) walk in Him,
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Colossians 2:7
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rooted and built up in Him(k) and established in the faith, just as you were taught,(l) overflowing with gratitude.
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Colossians 2:8
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Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition,(m) based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.(n)
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Colossians 2:9
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For the entire fullness(o) of God's nature[b] dwells bodily[c] in Christ,
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Colossians 2:10
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and you have been filled by Him, who is the head(p) over every ruler and authority.
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Colossians 2:11
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You were also circumcised in Him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh,(q) in the circumcision of the Messiah.[d](r)
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Colossians 2:12
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Having been buried with Him(s) in baptism, you were also raised with Him(t) through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.(u)
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Colossians 2:13
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And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses.
Colossians 2:14
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He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.(v)
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Colossians 2:15
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He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.[e](w)
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Colossians 2:16
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Therefore, don't let anyone judge(x) you in regard to food and drink(y) or in the matter of a festival or a new moon(z) or a Sabbath day.[f]
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Colossians 2:17
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These are a shadow(aa) of what was to come;(ab) the substance is[g] the Messiah.(ac)
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Colossians 2:18
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Let no one disqualify you,[h](ad) insisting on ascetic practices(ae) and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated(af) without cause by his unspiritual[i] mind.
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Colossians 2:19
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He doesn't hold on to the head, from whom the whole body,(ag) nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.
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Colossians 2:20
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If you died with the Messiah(ah) to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
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Colossians 2:21
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"Don't handle, don't taste, don't touch"?
Colossians 2:22
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All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men.
Colossians 2:23
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Although these have a reputation of wisdom(ai) by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.[j](aj)
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