Colossians 2:6

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Warnings Against the Adoption of False Philosophies Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

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  • Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Live in Love Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children 2 and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
  • 2 John 1:8-9 : 8 Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Condemnation of the False Teachers Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
  • Phil 1:27 : 27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
  • 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the LORD’s guiding light.
  • Mic 4:2 : 2 Many nations will come, saying,“Come on! Let’s go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his ways and we can live by his laws.” For instruction will proceed from Zion, the LORD’s message from Jerusalem.
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
  • John 1:12-13 : 12 But to all who have received him– those who believe in his name– he has given the right to become God’s children 13 – children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.
  • John 13:20 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
  • 2 Cor 5:7 : 7 for we live by faith, not by sight.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 Live in Unity I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

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    7rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

    8Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

  • 1 John 2:6
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    6The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.

  • 1 Thess 4:1-2
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    1A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

    2For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • Eph 4:20-21
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    20But you did not learn about Christ like this,

    21if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

  • 1 Thess 2:12-14
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    12exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

    13And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

    14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

  • 1 Cor 1:6
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    6just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you–

  • 1 Thess 1:6
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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

  • Phil 3:16-17
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    16Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

    17Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

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    5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

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    7Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory.

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    1Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

  • Eph 4:1
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    1Live in Unity I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

  • Col 3:7
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    7You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

  • Col 1:6-7
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    6that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

    7You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave– a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf–

  • Eph 5:1-2
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    1Live in Love Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

    2and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

  • Col 1:10
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    10so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

  • Eph 2:1-2
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    1New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,

    2in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

  • 2 Thess 3:6
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    6Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

  • Col 2:20
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    20If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

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    15Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

  • 2 Tim 2:1
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    1Serving Faithfully Despite Hardship So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Gal 3:27
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    27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

  • Eph 5:15
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    15Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,

  • Rom 6:4
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    4Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    6(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

  • Rom 6:11
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    11So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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    17that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

  • Phil 2:12
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    12Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

  • Gal 1:6
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    6Occasion of the Letter I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel–

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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    11Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Gal 5:25
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    25If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7for we live by faith, not by sight.

  • 1 Cor 4:16
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    16I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • Eph 2:10
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    10For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.

  • Phlm 1:6
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    6I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.