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The Book of Colossians, Chapter 1, Verse 29

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Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
King James Version
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
American Standard Version
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
New English Translation
Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
World English Bible
for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
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That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
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In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
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For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:
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Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
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In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: