Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
For I would
that
ye
knew
what
great
conflict
I have
for you ,
and for them
at Laodicea, and for as
many
as
have not seen
my
face in
the
flesh;
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,
That their
hearts
might
be comforted
, being
knit together in love, and unto
all
riches
of
the full assurance
of understanding, to
the
acknowledgement
of
the mystery of God, and
of
the
Father,
and
of
Christ ;
that they
may
be encouraged
in
heart
, knit together in love, and filled
with
the full riches
of complete
understanding, so
that
they
may
know
the mystery of God, namely
Christ ,
In whom are hid
all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
in whom are hidden
all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
And
this
I say ,
lest
any
man
should
beguile
you with
enticing
words
.
I say this
so
that
no
one
will
deceive
you by
smooth
rhetoric
.
For though
I be
absent in the
flesh
, yet
am
I with you in the
spirit, joying
and beholding
your order,
and the
stedfastness
of
your
faith in Christ.
For although
I am
absent from
you
in body
, I am
present
with you in spirit, and I
delight
to
see
your orderly
condition
and firm
faith in Christ.
As ye
have therefore
received Christ Jesus the
Lord, so
walk ye
in him :
Therefore,
just
as you
have received Christ Jesus as
Lord, continue
to
walk in Him ,
Rooted and built up in him, and
stablished
in the faith ,
as ye
have
been
taught, abounding
therein
with thanksgiving
.
rooted and built up in Him, established
in the faith as you
were
taught, and
overflowing
with thankfulness
.
Beware
lest
any
man
spoil
you through philosophy and vain
deceit
, after
the
tradition of
men,
after
the rudiments
of the world ,
and
not
after
Christ.
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.
For in him
dwelleth
all the fulness
of the Godhead
bodily.
For in Christ
all the fullness
of the Deity
dwells
in
bodily form
.
And ye
are
complete in him
, which
is the head of
all
principality
and power:
And you
have
been
made
complete in Christ
, who
is the head over
every
ruler
and authority.
In whom
also ye
are
circumcised with
the
circumcision
made
without
hands
, in putting off the
body
of the
sins
of
the
flesh
by
the circumcision of
Christ :
In Him
you
were
also circumcised, in the
putting off of your
sinful
nature,
with
the circumcision performed
by
Christ and
not
by
human
hands.
Buried with him in baptism, wherein
also
ye
are
risen
with him through the
faith of
the operation
of God, who hath
raised him from the dead.
And
having
been
buried with Him in baptism, you
were
raised
with Him through your
faith in
the power
of God, who raised Him from the dead.
And
you ,
being
dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
hath
he
quickened
together
with
him
, having
forgiven
you all trespasses ;
When
you were
dead in your trespasses
and in
the uncircumcision of your sinful
nature
, God
made
you alive
with
Christ.
He
forgave
us
all our
trespasses ,
Blotting
out
the handwriting
of
ordinances
that was
against us ,
which
was
contrary
to
us,
and
took it out
of
the
way
, nailing it to his
cross ;
having
canceled
the debt
ascribed
to
us
in
the
decrees
that stood
against us .
He
took it away
, nailing it to the
cross !
And having spoiled
principalities
and
powers, he made a shew
of them openly
, triumphing over them in
it
.
And having disarmed
the
powers and
authorities
, He made a public
spectacle
of them, triumphing over them by
the
cross
.
Let no man
therefore
judge you in
meat,
or in
drink, or in
respect
of
an
holyday
, or
of
the
new moon, or of
the
sabbath days:
Therefore
let no one
judge you by
what
you
eat
or drink, or with
regard
to
a
feast
, a
New Moon, or a
Sabbath .
Which
are a shadow of things to come ;
but the body is
of
Christ.
These
are a shadow of the
things to come ,
but the body that
casts
it
belongs
to
Christ.
Let no
man
beguile
you
of
your
reward
in a
voluntary
humility and worshipping
of angels ,
intruding
into
those
things
which
he hath
not
seen ,
vainly
puffed up by his fleshly
mind ,
Do
not
let anyone
who
delights
in false
humility and the
worship
of angels disqualify
you
with
speculation
about
what
he has
seen .
Such
a
person
is
puffed up without
basis
by his unspiritual
mind .
And
not
holding
the Head, from which
all
the body by
joints
and
bands
having
nourishment
ministered
, and knit together, increaseth
with
the
increase
of
God.
He
has
lost
connection
to
the head, from whom
the whole
body, supported
and knit together by
its
joints
and
ligaments
, grows
as
God causes
it
to
grow
.
Wherefore
if ye
be
dead
with Christ from
the rudiments
of the world, why, as though living
in
the world, are
ye
subject
to ordinances,
If you
have
died
with Christ to
the spiritual
forces
of the world, why, as though you
still
belonged
to
the world, do
you
submit
to its
regulations:
(Touch
not;
taste
not ;
handle not ;
“Do
not handle ,
do
not taste,
do
not
touch!”?
Which
all are
to
perish with the
using;)
after
the
commandments
and doctrines
of
men?
These
will
all perish with use,
because
they
are
based
on
human
commands
and teachings.
Which
things
have
indeed a
shew
of wisdom in
will
worship, and
humility, and neglecting
of the body :
not
in
any
honour
to
the satisfying
of the flesh.
Such
restrictions
indeed have
an
appearance
of wisdom ,
with
their
self-prescribed
worship, their
false
humility, and their
harsh
treatment
of the body ;
but
they
are
of
no
value
against
the indulgence
of the flesh.
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