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Col.|2:1|-|For I want you to know how great a |a|struggle I have for you and for those in |b|Laodicea, even all who have not seen my face in the flesh,
Col.|2:2|-|That their hearts may be |1a|comforted, they being knit together in |2|love and unto all the |3|riches of the |4b|full assurance of understanding, unto the full knowledge of the |5c|mystery of God, Christ,
Col.|2:3|-|In whom all the treasures of |1a|wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
Col.|2:4|-|This I say that no one may |1|delude you with |2a|persuasive speech.
Col.|2:5|-|For even though I am absent in the flesh, yet in the |1a|spirit I am with you, rejoicing and seeing your order and the solid basis of your faith |2|in Christ.
Col.|2:6|-|As therefore you have |1a|received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, |2b|walk in Him,
Col.|2:7|-|Having been |1a|rooted and being |b|built up in Him, and being established |2|in the faith even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Col.|2:8|-|Beware that no one carries you off as spoil through his |1|philosophy and |a|empty deceit, according to the |2b|tradition of men, according to the |3c|elements of the world, and not according to |4d|Christ;
Col.|2:9|-|For in Him dwells all the |1a|fullness of the |2|Godhead |3|bodily,
Col.|2:10|-|And you have been made |1|full in Him, who is the |a|Head of all |2|rule and authority.
Col.|2:11|-|In Him also you were |a|circumcised with a |1|circumcision |2|not |b|made with hands, in the |3|putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,
Col.|2:12|-||1a|Buried together with Him in baptism, in which also you were |2b|raised together with Him through the |3|faith of the operation of God, who |c|raised Him from the dead.
Col.|2:13|-|And you, though |1a|dead in your offenses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He |2b|made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our offenses;
Col.|2:14|-||1a|Wiping out the |2|handwriting in |3|ordinances, which was against us, which was contrary to us; and He has taken it out of the way, |4|nailing it to the cross.
Col.|2:15|-||1|Stripping off the |2a|rulers and the authorities, |3|He made a |4|display of them openly, triumphing over them in |5|it.
Col.|2:16|-|Let no one therefore judge you |1|in |a|eating and in drinking or in respect of a |2b|feast or of a |3c|new moon or of the |4d|Sabbath,
Col.|2:17|-|Which are a |1a|shadow of the things to come, but the |2|body is of |3b|Christ.
Col.|2:18|-|Let no one |1|defraud you by judging you unworthy of your |a|prize, in |b|self-chosen |2|lowliness and the worship of the angels, |3|dwelling on the things which he has |4|seen, vainly |c|puffed up by |5|his mind set on the flesh,
Col.|2:19|-|And |1|not |a|holding the Head, |2b|out from whom all the |3|Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the |4|joints and |5|sinews, |6|grows with the |7|growth of God.
Col.|2:20|-||1|If you |2a|died with Christ from the |3b|elements of the world, why, as living in the world, do you subject yourselves to |c|ordinances:
Col.|2:21|-||1|Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch,
Col.|2:22|-|(Regarding things which are all to |1a|perish when |2|used) according to the |b|commandments and teachings of men?
Col.|2:23|-||1|Such things indeed have a |2|reputation of wisdom in self-imposed |a|worship and lowliness and |3b|severe treatment of the body, but are |4|not of any value against the |c|indulgence of the flesh.
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