Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

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New International Version
rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

English Standard Version
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

New American Standard Bible
having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

King James Bible
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.

International Standard Version
For you have been rooted in him and are being built up and strengthened in the faith, just as you were taught, while you continue to be thankful.

American Standard Version
rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as also you have learned, abounding in him in thanksgiving.

Darby Bible Translation
rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Young's Literal Translation
being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:8
Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are laborers together with God: you are God's husbandry, you are God's building.

Ephesians 2:20
And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 4:21
If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Colossians 1:23
If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Hebrews 13:9
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

Jude 1:20
But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

2:1-7 The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. When we not only believe with the heart, but are ready, when called, to make confession with the mouth. Knowledge and faith make a soul rich. The stronger our faith, and the warmer our love, the more will our comfort be. The treasures of wisdom are hid, not from us, but for us, in Christ. These were hid from proud unbelievers, but displayed in the person and redemption of Christ. See the danger of enticing words; how many are ruined by the false disguises and fair appearances of evil principles and wicked practices! Be aware and afraid of those who would entice to any evil; for they aim to spoil you. All Christians have, in profession at least, received Jesus Christ the Lord, consented to him, and taken him for theirs. We cannot be built up in Christ, or grow in him, unless we are first rooted in him, or founded upon him. Being established in the faith, we must abound therein, and improve in it more and more. God justly withdraws this benefit from those who do not receive it with thanksgiving; and gratitude for his mercies is justly required by God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. Rooted—(Eph 3:17).

built up—Greek, "being builded up." As "rooted" implies their vitality; so "builded up," massive solidity. As in the Song of Solomon, when one image is not sufficient to express the varied aspects of divine truth, another is employed to supply the idea required. Thus "walking," a third image (Col 2:6), expresses the thought which "rooted" and "built," though each suggesting a thought peculiar to itself, could not express, namely, onward motion. "Rooted" is in the past tense, implying their first conversion and vital grafting "in Him." "Built up" is present (in the Greek), implying their progressive increase in religion by union with Him. Eph 2:20 refers to the Church; but the passage here to their individual progress in edification (Ac 20:32).

stablished—confirmed.

as—"even as."

abounding therein with thanksgiving—advancing to fuller maturity (compare Col 2:2) in the faith, "with thanksgiving" to God as the gracious Author of this whole blessing.