Institute for Creation Research

Colossians 2:2

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment 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:

Colossians 2:3

2:3 In whom. Since Christ is the Creator and Sustainer of all things (Colossians 1:16, 17), and since His gospel is implicit in every thing created (Colossians 1:23), it follows that true science is essentially thinking God’s thoughts after Him. All the treasures of true wisdom and knowledge are stored up in Christ (Matthew 13:52), and all education should be Christ-centered.

Colossians 2:3

2:3 wisdom. False wisdom (i.e., “philosophy”—see Colossians 2:8) was the device used by Satan to tempt Eve (Genesis 3:6), and false knowledge (i.e., “false science”—see I Timothy 6:20) was the corrupt fruit which brought death into the world (Genesis 2:17; 3:17-19).

Colossians 2:3

2:3 knowledge. “Knowledge” is synonymous with “science,” both being translations of the Greek gnosis. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning” of both true wisdom and true knowledge (Proverbs 1:7; 9:10).

Colossians 2:6

2:6 As ye have. That is, we have received Christ by faith; therefore we should also walk by faith in him, trusting Him for all needed provision and guidance.

Colossians 2:6

2:6 so walk. The Christian “walk” should be in His light (John 8:12), in wisdom (Colossians 4:5), in circumspection (Ephesians 5:15), in newness of life (Romans 6:4), by faith (II Corinthians 5:7), honestly (I Thessalonians 4:12), and in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16).

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