Built Up in Christ

Θέλω
Thelō
γὰρ
gar
ὑμᾶς
hymas
εἰδέναι
eidenai
to know
ἡλίκον
hēlikon
ἀγῶνα
agōna
ἔχω
echō
I am having
ὑπὲρ
hyper
ὑμῶν ,
hymōn
you ,
καὶ
kai
and
τῶν
tōn
ἐν
en
in
Λαοδικείᾳ ,
Laodikeia
καὶ
kai
and
ὅσοι
hosoi
as many as
οὐχ
ouch
not
ἑόρακαν
heorakan
τὸ
to
the
πρόσωπόν
prosōpon
μου
mou
of me
ἐν
en
in
σαρκί ,
sarki
[the] flesh ,
ἵνα
hina
παρακληθῶσιν
paraklēthōsin
αἱ
hai
the
καρδίαι
kardiai
αὐτῶν ,
autōn
of them ,
συμβιβασθέντες
symbibasthentes
ἐν
en
in
ἀγάπῃ ,
agapē
καὶ
kai
and
εἰς
eis
to
πᾶν
pan
πλοῦτος
ploutos
[the] riches
τῆς
tēs
of the
πληροφορίας
plērophorias
τῆς
tēs
-
συνέσεως ,
syneseōs
εἰς
eis
to
ἐπίγνωσιν
epignōsin
[the] knowledge
τοῦ
tou
of the
μυστηρίου
mystēriou
τοῦ
tou
-
Θεοῦ ,
Theou
of God ,
Χριστοῦ ,
Christou
[which is] Christ ,
ἐν
en
in
εἰσιν
eisin
πάντες
pantes
οἱ
hoi
the
θησαυροὶ
thēsauroi
τῆς
tēs
-
σοφίας
sophias
καὶ
kai
and
γνώσεως
gnōseōs
ἀπόκρυφοι .
apokryphoi
Τοῦτο
Touto
λέγω
legō
I say
ἵνα
hina
so that
μηδεὶς
mēdeis
no one
ὑμᾶς
hymas
παραλογίζηται
paralogizētai
ἐν
en
by
πιθανολογίᾳ .
pithanologia
εἰ
ei
If
γὰρ
gar
καὶ
kai
τῇ
in the
σαρκὶ
sarki
ἄπειμι ,
apeimi
I am absent ,
ἀλλὰ
alla
τῷ
-
πνεύματι
pneumati
σὺν
syn
with
ὑμῖν
hymin
εἰμι ,
eimi
I am ,
χαίρων
chairōn
καὶ
kai
and
βλέπων
blepōn
ὑμῶν
hymōn
τὴν
tēn
-
τάξιν
taxin
καὶ
kai
and
τὸ
to
the
στερέωμα
stereōma
τῆς
tēs
of the
εἰς
eis
in
Χριστὸν
Christon
πίστεως
pisteōs
ὑμῶν .
hymōn
of you .

Alive in Christ

Ὡς
Hōs
Just as
οὖν
oun
παρελάβετε
parelabete
τὸν
ton
-
Χριστὸν
Christon
Ἰησοῦν
Iēsoun
τὸν
ton
the
Κύριον ,
Kyrion
ἐν
en
in
αὐτῷ
autō
περιπατεῖτε ,
peripateite
ἐρριζωμένοι
errizōmenoi
καὶ
kai
and
ἐποικοδομούμενοι
epoikodomoumenoi
ἐν
en
in
αὐτῷ ,
autō
Him ,
καὶ
kai
and
βεβαιούμενοι
bebaioumenoi
τῇ
the
πίστει
pistei
καθὼς
kathōs
just as
ἐδιδάχθητε ,
edidachthēte
περισσεύοντες
perisseuontes
(ἐν
en
in
αὐτῇ)
autē
it
ἐν
en
with
εὐχαριστίᾳ .
eucharistia
Βλέπετε
Blepete
μή
τις
tis
ὑμᾶς
hymas
ἔσται
estai
there will be
ho
-
συλαγωγῶν
sylagōgōn
διὰ
dia
τῆς
tēs
-
φιλοσοφίας
philosophias
καὶ
kai
and
κενῆς
kenēs
ἀπάτης ,
apatēs
κατὰ
kata
τὴν
tēn
the
παράδοσιν
paradosin
τῶν
tōn
-
ἀνθρώπων ,
anthrōpōn
of men ,
κατὰ
kata
τὰ
ta
the
στοιχεῖα
stoicheia
τοῦ
tou
of the
κόσμου
kosmou
καὶ
kai
and
οὐ
ou
not
κατὰ
kata
Χριστόν .
Christon
ὅτι
hoti
ἐν
en
in
αὐτῷ
autō
κατοικεῖ
katoikei
πᾶν
pan
τὸ
to
the
πλήρωμα
plērōma
τῆς
tēs
of the
Θεότητος
Theotētos
σωματικῶς ;
sōmatikōs
καὶ
kai
and
ἐστὲ
este
ἐν
en
in
αὐτῷ
autō
πεπληρωμένοι ,
peplērōmenoi
ὅς
hos
ἐστιν
estin
is
the
κεφαλὴ
kephalē
πάσης
pasēs
of all
ἀρχῆς
archēs
καὶ
kai
and
ἐξουσίας ,
exousias
ἐν
en
in
καὶ
kai
περιετμήθητε
perietmēthēte
περιτομῇ
peritomē
with [the] circumcision
ἀχειροποιήτῳ ,
acheiropoiētō
ἐν
en
in
τῇ
the
ἀπεκδύσει
apekdysei
τοῦ
tou
of the
σώματος
sōmatos
τῆς
tēs
of the
σαρκός ,
sarkos
ἐν
en
in
τῇ
the
περιτομῇ
peritomē
τοῦ
tou
-
Χριστοῦ ,
Christou
of Christ ,
συνταφέντες
syntaphentes
αὐτῷ
autō
ἐν
en
in
τῷ
-
βαπτισμῷ* ,
baptismō
ἐν
en
in
καὶ
kai
συνηγέρθητε
synēgerthēte
διὰ
dia
τῆς
tēs
the
πίστεως
pisteōs
τῆς
tēs
of the
ἐνεργείας
energeias
τοῦ
tou
-
Θεοῦ ,
Theou
of God ,
τοῦ
tou
the [One]
ἐγείραντος
egeirantos
αὐτὸν
auton
ἐκ
ek
νεκρῶν .
nekrōn
the dead .
Καὶ
Kai
And
ὑμᾶς
hymas
νεκροὺς
nekrous
ὄντας
ontas
‹ἐν›
en
in
τοῖς
tois
the
παραπτώμασιν
paraptōmasin
καὶ
kai
and
τῇ
in the
ἀκροβυστίᾳ
akrobystia
τῆς
tēs
of the
σαρκὸς
sarkos
ὑμῶν ,
hymōn
of you ,
συνεζωοποίησεν
synezōopoiēsen
ὑμᾶς
hymas
σὺν
syn
with
αὐτῷ ,
autō
Him ,
χαρισάμενος
charisamenos
ἡμῖν
hēmin
us
πάντα
panta
τὰ
ta
the
παραπτώματα ,
paraptōmata
ἐξαλείψας
exaleipsas
τὸ
to
the
καθ’
kath’
ἡμῶν
hēmōn
us
χειρόγραφον
cheirographon
τοῖς
tois
in the
δόγμασιν ,
dogmasin
ho
ἦν
ēn
ὑπεναντίον
hypenantion
ἡμῖν ;
hēmin
to us ;
καὶ
kai
and
αὐτὸ
auto
it
ἦρκεν
ērken
ἐκ
ek
out of
τοῦ
tou
the
μέσου ,
mesou
way ,
προσηλώσας
prosēlōsas
αὐτὸ
auto
it
τῷ
to the
σταυρῷ .
staurō
ἀπεκδυσάμενος
apekdysamenos
τὰς
tas
the
ἀρχὰς
archas
καὶ
kai
and
τὰς
tas
the
ἐξουσίας ,
exousias
ἐδειγμάτισεν
edeigmatisen
He made a show [of them]
ἐν
en
in
παρρησίᾳ ,
parrēsia
θριαμβεύσας
thriambeusas
αὐτοὺς
autous
ἐν
en
in
αὐτῷ .
autō
it .
Μὴ
Not
οὖν
oun
τις
tis
ὑμᾶς
hymas
κρινέτω
krinetō
ἐν
en
in regard to
βρώσει ,
brōsei
καὶ
kai
or
ἐν
en
in regard to
πόσει ,
posei
ē
or
ἐν
en
in
μέρει
merei
ἑορτῆς ,
heortēs
to a feast ,
ē
or
νεομηνίας ,
neomēnias
a New Moon ,
ē
or
σαββάτων ,
sabbatōn
ha
ἐστιν
estin
σκιὰ
skia
τῶν
tōn
the things
μελλόντων ;
mellontōn
τὸ
to
the
δὲ
de
σῶμα
sōma
body [is]
τοῦ
tou
-
Χριστοῦ .
Christou
of Christ .
μηδεὶς
mēdeis
ὑμᾶς
hymas
καταβραβευέτω ,
katabrabeuetō
θέλων
thelōn
ἐν
en
in
ταπεινοφροσύνῃ
tapeinophrosynē
καὶ
kai
and
θρησκείᾳ
thrēskeia
[the] worship
τῶν
tōn
of the
ἀγγέλων ,
angelōn
ha
ἑόρακεν
heoraken
ἐμβατεύων ,
embateuōn
εἰκῇ
eikē
φυσιούμενος
physioumenos
ὑπὸ
hypo
by
τοῦ
tou
the
νοὸς
noos
τῆς
tēs
of the
σαρκὸς
sarkos
αὐτοῦ ,
autou
of him ,
καὶ
kai
and
οὐ
ou
not
κρατῶν
kratōn
τὴν
tēn
to the
Κεφαλήν ,
Kephalēn
ἐξ
ex
οὗ
hou
πᾶν
pan
τὸ
to
the
σῶμα ,
sōma
διὰ
dia
by
τῶν
tōn
the
ἁφῶν
haphōn
καὶ
kai
and
συνδέσμων
syndesmōn
ἐπιχορηγούμενον
epichorēgoumenon
καὶ
kai
and
συμβιβαζόμενον ,
symbibazomenon
αὔξει
auxei
τὴν
tēn
with the
αὔξησιν
auxēsin
τοῦ
tou
-
Θεοῦ .
Theou
of God .
Εἰ
Ei
If
ἀπεθάνετε
apethanete
σὺν
syn
with
Χριστῷ
Christō
ἀπὸ
apo
τῶν
tōn
the
στοιχείων
stoicheiōn
τοῦ
tou
of the
κόσμου ,
kosmou
τί
ti
ὡς
hōs
as if
ζῶντες
zōntes
ἐν
en
in
κόσμῳ ,
kosmō
[the] world ,
δογματίζεσθε :
dogmatizesthe
Μὴ
Not
ἅψῃ !
hapsē
μηδὲ
mēde
Not
γεύσῃ !
geusē
μηδὲ
mēde
Not
θίγῃς !
thigēs
ha
ἐστιν
estin
πάντα
panta
εἰς
eis
φθορὰν
phthoran
τῇ
with the
ἀποχρήσει ,
apochrēsei
use ,
κατὰ
kata
τὰ
ta
the
ἐντάλματα
entalmata
καὶ
kai
and
διδασκαλίας
didaskalias
τῶν
tōn
-
ἀνθρώπων ,
anthrōpōn
of men ,
ἅτινά
hatina
ἐστιν
estin
λόγον
logon
μὲν
men
ἔχοντα
echonta
σοφίας ,
sophias
of wisdom ,
ἐν
en
in
ἐθελοθρησκίᾳ
ethelothrēskia
καὶ
kai
and
ταπεινοφροσύνῃ
tapeinophrosynē
καὶ
kai
and
ἀφειδίᾳ
apheidia
σώματος ,
sōmatos
of [the] body ,
οὐκ
ouk
not
ἐν
en
of
τιμῇ
timē
τινι ,
tini
πρὸς
pros
πλησμονὴν
plēsmonēn
τῆς
tēs
of the
σαρκός .
sarkos

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