(A)rooted and (B)built up in him and (C)established in the faith, just (D)as you were taught, abounding (E)in thanksgiving.

See to it that no one takes you captive by (F)philosophy and (G)empty deceit, according to (H)human tradition, according to the (I)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers[a] of this world, rather than from Christ.

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  1. 2:8 Or the spiritual principles; also in 2:20.

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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.

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