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Colossians 2:5 KJV
Colossians · chapter 2 · verse 5
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.Colossians 2:5 · King James Version
Colossians 2:5 in context
3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5For 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.
6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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Key words (Strong's)
- stedfastnessstereōmathat which has been made firm, the firmament, the arch of the sky, which in early times…G4733 →
- beholdingblepōto see, discern, of the bodily eye, with the bodily eye to be possessed of sight, have…G991 →
- thoughei kaieven, if, althoughG1499 →
- absentapeimito go away, departG548 →
- spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- joyingchairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
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The apostle cautions the Colossians against deceivers (Col 2:4): And this I say lest any man beguile you with enticing words; and Col 2:8, Lest any man spoil you.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-12