6, 7. Transition to direct warning against the false teachers. Right reception of truth is well as far as it goes, but truth must be put into life

(Colossians 2:6) Your faith is sound, therefore live: as you received from Epaphras the message about this Christ, nay as ye received Christ Himself, Jesus who is Lord of all, spend your daily life in Him; (Colossians 2:7) maintaining your condition as of a tree that has been firmly rooted in Him, and also continually being built up in Him as in a temple, and being ever made more firm as to your faith, even as you were at first taught the need of these things, your lives marked by no narrow scrupulosity as the false teachers would urge, but abounding in thanksgiving.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising

Old Testament