Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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 ,
For I desire
to have
you
know how greatly
I struggle
for you ,
and for those at Laodicea, and for as
many
as
have not seen
my
face in
the
flesh;
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,
that their
hearts
may be comforted
, they
being
knit together in love, and gaining
all
riches
of
the full assurance
of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both
of
the
Father
and
of
Christ,
in whom are hidden
all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden
.
I say this
so
that no one will
deceive
you by
smooth
rhetoric
.
Now
this
I say that no one may
delude
you with
persuasiveness
of
speech
.
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.
For though
I am absent in the
flesh
, yet
am I
with you in the
spirit, rejoicing
and seeing
your order,
and the
steadfastness
of
your
faith in Christ.
Therefore,
just
as you have
received Christ Jesus as
Lord, continue
to
walk in Him,
As therefore
you received Christ Jesus ,
the
Lord, walk in him,
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and
overflowing
with
thankfulness
.
rooted and built up in him, and
established in the faith ,
even
as you were taught, abounding
in
it
in
thanksgiving
.
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.
Be
careful
that you don't
let
anyone
rob
you
through his
philosophy and vain
deceit
, after
the
tradition of
men,
after
the elements
of the world ,
and
not
after
Christ.
For in Christ
all the fullness of the Deity
dwells in
bodily form.
For in him
all the fullness of the Godhead
dwells bodily ,
And you have
been
made complete
in
Christ
, who is the head over
every
ruler
and authority.
and in
him
you are
made full
, who is the head of
all
principality
and power;
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.
in whom
you were also circumcised with
a
circumcision
not
made
with
hands
, in the putting off of the
body
of
the
sins
of
the
flesh
, in
the circumcision of
Christ ;
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.
having been buried with him in baptism, in
which
you were also
raised with him through faith in the working
of God, who raised him from the dead.
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,
You were dead through
your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh.
He
made you alive together
with him,
having
forgiven
us all our trespasses,
having
canceled
the debt
ascribed
to
us
in the
decrees
that
stood
against us .
He took
it away
, nailing it to the cross !
wiping
out
the handwriting
in ordinances
which
was
against us ;
and
he has
taken
it out
of
the
way
, nailing it to the cross ;
And
having disarmed
the powers
and authorities
, He made a public
spectacle
of them, triumphing over them by
the
cross
.
having stripped
the principalities
and the
powers
, he made a show
of them openly
, triumphing over them in
it
.
Therefore
let no one
judge you by
what
you
eat
or drink
, or with regard
to a feast ,
a New Moon ,
or a Sabbath .
Let no man
therefore
judge you in
eating,
or in
drinking
, or with respect
to a feast day
or
a new moon or a Sabbath day,
These
are a shadow of the things to come ,
but the body that
casts
it
belongs
to
Christ
.
which
are a shadow of the things to come ;
but the body is
Christ's
.
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 .
Let no
one
rob
you
of
your
prize
by
a
voluntary
humility and worshipping
of the
angels ,
dwelling
in
the
things
which
he has not
seen ,
vainly
puffed up by his fleshly
mind ,
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
.
and
not
holding
firmly
to the Head, from whom all
the body, being
supplied
and knit together through
the
joints and ligaments, grows with
God's
growth
.
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:
If you died with Christ from
the elements
of the world, why, as though living
in
the world, do you subject
yourselves
to ordinances,
“Do
not
handle, do
not
taste, do
not
touch !”?
"Don't
handle, nor
taste, nor
touch "
These
will
all perish with use, because
they
are
based
on
human
commands
and teachings.
(
all of
which
perish with use )
, according
to
the
precepts
and doctrines
of
men?
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.
Which
things
indeed appear
like
wisdom in
self- imposed
worship, and
humility, and severity
to
the body; but aren't
of any
value against the indulgence of the flesh.
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