Colossians 2:1-10 ▼

1 For I want you⁺ to know how much I am struggling for you⁺ and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,

2 that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love {agapē}, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God {Theou}, namely Christ \the mystery of God: Christ/,

3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4 I say this so that no one will deceive you⁺ by smooth rhetoric.

5 For although I am absent from you⁺ in body (flesh), I am present with you⁺ in spirit {pneumati}, and I delight to see your⁺ orderly condition and firm faith in Christ (the Anointed One).

6 Therefore, just as you⁺ have received Christ (the Anointed One) Jesus (YHWH saves) as Lord {Kyrion}, continue to walk in Him,

7 rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you⁺ were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

8 See to it that no one takes you⁺ captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ (the Anointed One).

9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity {Theotētos} dwells in bodily form.

10 And you⁺ have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.