Colossians 2:4-8 I tell you this: Do not let anyone deceive you with false arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ I tell you this: Do not let anyone deceive you with false arguments, no matter how good they seem to be. ⁵ Even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit (mental disposition). I am glad when I see the resolute firmness with which you stand together in your faith in Christ. ⁶ You have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord. Now walk (live) in union with him. ⁷ Keep your roots deep in him! Build your lives on him. Become stronger in your faith, as you were taught, and be filled with thanksgiving. ⁸ See to it that no one enslaves you by means of philosophy and worthless deceit of human wisdom according to tradition of men. It is according to the elementary principles of the world, and not from Christ.