⁶ Therefore, as you have received ^(A)Christ Jesus the Lord, so ^[a](B)walk in Him, ⁷ having been firmly ^(C)rooted and now being ^(D)built up in Him and ^(E)established ^[b]in ^[c]your faith, just as you ^(F)were instructed, and overflowing ^[d]with gratitude.

^8 (G)See to it that there is no one who takes you captive through ^(H)philosophy and empty deception in accordance with human tradition, in accordance with the ^(I)elementary principles of the world, ^[e]rather than in accordance with Christ. ⁹ For in Him all the ^(J)fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, ¹⁰ and in Him you have been ^(K)made ^[f]complete, and ^(L)He is the head ^[g]over every ^(M)ruler and authority; ¹¹ and in Him ^(N)you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of ^(O)the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, ¹² having been ^(P)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also ^(Q)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who ^(R)raised Him from the dead. ¹³ And ^[h]when you were ^(S)dead ^[i]in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He ^(T)made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, ¹⁴ having canceled ^(U)the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and ^(V)He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. ¹⁵ When He had ^[j](W)disarmed the ^(X)rulers and authorities, He ^(Y)made a public display of them, having ^(Z)triumphed over them through ^[k]Him.

³ For ^(A)the time will come when they will not tolerate ^(B)sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, ⁴ and they ^(C)will turn their ears away from the truth and ^(D)will turn aside to myths. ⁵ But as for you, ^(E)use self-restraint in all things, ^(F)endure hardship, do the work of an ^(G)evangelist, fulfill your ^(H)ministry.

³ for ^(A)we are the true ^[a]circumcision, who ^(B)worship in the Spirit of God and take ^(C)pride in ^(D)Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh,

¹⁴ For ^(A)sin shall not ^(B)be master over you, for ^(C)you are not under ^[a]the Law but ^(D)under grace.

²³ For the wages of ^(A)sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is ^(B)eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁴ But ^(A)[a]far be it from me to boast, ^(B)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(C)through ^[b]which the world has been crucified to me, and ^(D)I to the world.

¹⁸ So then, as through ^(A)one offense ^[a]the result was condemnation to all mankind, so also through one ^(B)act of righteousness ^[b]the result was ^(C)justification of life to all mankind.