3 All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in him.
4 I’m telling you this so that no one deceives you with convincing arguments,
5 because even though I am absent physically, I’m with you in spirit. I’m happy to see the discipline and stability of your faith in Christ.
6 So live in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way as you received him.
7 Be rooted and built up in him, be established in faith, and overflow with thanksgiving just as you were taught.
8 See to it that nobody enslaves you with philosophy and foolish deception, which conform to human traditions and the way the world thinks and acts rather than Christ.
9 All the fullness of deity lives in Christ’s body.