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Strong's Number G2076 matches the Greek ἐστί (esti),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in 'Col'
in the TR Greek.
that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciate God’s grace.[fn]
You learned this from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your[fn] behalf,
He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that he might come to have
first place in everything.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church.
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.
Although these have a reputation for wisdom by promoting self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.[fn]
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.
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