Colossians 2:7
5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 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.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Read in contextJeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Read in contextEphesians 2:20–22
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Read in contextJohn 15:4–5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Read in contextColossians 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Read in context2 Peter 3:17–18
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:17
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Read in contextColossians 1:12–13
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
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