Colossians 2:4-8

4I say this in order athat no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5For bthough I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your cgood order and dthe firmness of your faith in Christ.

Alive in Christ

6 eTherefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 frooted and gbuilt up in him and hestablished in the faith, just ias you were taught, abounding jin thanksgiving.

8See to it that no one takes you captive by kphilosophy and lempty deceit, according to mhuman tradition, according to the nelemental spirits
Or elementary principles; also verse 20
of the world, and not according to Christ.
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