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As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,

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Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

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Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

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For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,

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And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

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In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ

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Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

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And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins

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Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross

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Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.