Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Colossians 2:8 in context
Colossians 2:5–11
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For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
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As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
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rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
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Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.
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For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
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and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.
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In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,
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