For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling^e for you, for those in Laodicea,^f and for all who have not seen me in person. ²I want their hearts to be encouraged^g and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery^h—Christ.^Bⁱ ³In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom^j and knowledge.^k

CHRIST VERSUS THE COLOSSIAN HERESY

⁴I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with arguments that sound reasonable. ⁵For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit,^l rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.

⁶So then, just as you have received^m Christ Jesus as Lord,ⁿ continue to walk in him, ⁷being rooted and built up in him^o and established in the faith, just as you were taught,^p and overflowing with gratitude.

⁸Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition,^q based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.^r ⁹For the entire fullness^s of God’s nature dwells bodily^C in Christ, ¹⁰and you have been filled by him, who is the head^t over every ruler and authority.

Read in Logos

Colossians 2:10: … and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

Footnotes

BOther read mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ; other variations exist on this
COr nature lives in a human body

Cross references

e 2Tm 4:7
f Col 4:13–16; Rv 1:11; 3:14
g Lk 16:25; Col 4:8
h Php 3:8
i Col 1:27
j Pr 3:19; Is 11:2; 45:3; Jr 23:5; Ac 7:22; 1Co 1:21
k 1Co 14:6
l Ps 51:12; 1Th 2:17
m Jd 3
n Eph 3:11
o Eph 2:20
p Eph 4:21; Heb 13:9
q Mk 7:3
r 1Tm 6:20
s Php 2:6; Col 1:19
t 1Co 11:3; Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23