3 in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
4 I say this in order that no one will deceive you with persuasive speech,
5 for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, live in him,
7 firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.
8 Beware lest anyone take you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ,
9 because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,