Colossians 2:7
5 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.
6 Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8 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.
9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
- KJV
- Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
- WEB
- rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
- ASV
- rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
- DARBY
- rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
- BLB
- having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being confirmed in the faith, just as you⁺ were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
- ÅB
- så dere er rotfestet og blir bygget opp i ham og faste i troen, slik som dere har lært, rike på den med takksigelse.
- OTB
- rotfestet og bygd opp i Ham, og grunnfestet i troen slik dere ble lært, overstrømmende av takknemlighet.
- B1930
- så I er rotfestet og blir opbygget i ham og faste i troen, således som I har lært, rike på den med takksigelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Read in contextJeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Read in contextEphesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
Read in contextJohn 15:4–5
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
Read in contextColossians 1:23
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
Read in context2 Peter 3:17–18
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:17
encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
Read in contextColossians 1:12–13
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
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