How can believers move to a present and future hope without being disqualified by false humility, angel worship, or visions?"

Colossians 2:16 - 23

Psalm 34:2 English Standard Version 2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.

Isaiah 1:3 NCB An ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s stall, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand. AMPC The ox [instinctive...

Isaiah 1:1 - 20

Colossians 2:19 VOICE "They are detached from the very head that nourishes and connects the whole body with all of its nerves and ligaments, a body that g...

Colossians 2:15 NIV And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. What does "di...

Colossians 2:13-14 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all o...

Colossians 2:15 says Christ disarmed the powers and made a public spectacle of them. The enemy loves to throw our past back at us, so what changes for us bec...

Psalm 92:12-15 12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flouri...

Romans 1:29-30 esv "[They are full of] envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boa...

Romans 1:18 - 32

Sample -- Colossians 2 Absent in Body, Present in Spirit 1For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and f...

Mark 10:14-15 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the king...

Mark 10:13 - 16

Psalm 107:6: "Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distresses." (NKJV) Psalm 107:13: "Then they cried out to...

Luke 17:6: And the Lord said, "If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, 'Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou...

Luke 17:6

Is there any certain way to read the Bible? Example: Start with the beginning of the New Testament and then read the Old Testament?

Paul says in 1 Timothy 6:16, God “alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light.” However, in other places, Paul speaks of Christians being raised ...

If a non-believer asks me to prove His existence, what do I say?

Romans 1:20

Luke 15:29: "But he answered his father, 'Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, ...

Luke 15:11 - 32

Psalms 18:22

Isaiah 10:1 - 34

Colossians 2:20 "If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations -"

Colossians 2:6 "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him," "Living in Christ" is also called "walking in Christ" as you can see ...

Hebrews 7:1

Colossians 2:10 RGT And you are complete in Him Who is the Head of all principality and power.

Colossians 2:9 "For in him [Christ] the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,"

Colossians 2:6 ESV: Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.

Colossians 2:6 - 15

Philippians 4:9 esv What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Verse 4 of Colossians 2 warns about being deceived by plausible arguments. Colossians 2:4 "I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible ...

Colossians 1:24 - 2:5

Paul says all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Christ. Why is that truth so important in a world filled with competing voices and opinions...

2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of Gods myst...

That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's myste...

Colossians 1:24 - 2:5

Paul says he has a great struggle and burden for believers he has never met. Colossians 2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and...

Colossians 1:24 - 2:5

Isaiah 13:11

John 14:2 - 4

Deuteronomy 30:19 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose...

Deuteronomy 30:1 - 20

I am a dental assistant and have worked with this dentist for 10 years. She has made working conditions very difficult, and patients are treated like cattle....

Colossians 2:8 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits ...

Colossians 2:1 - 23

Colossians 2:4 "I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments." ESV NLT "I am telling you this so that no one will be able to...

Colossians 2:3 "in whom [Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."

Colossians 2:2 "that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowled...

They believed in animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins, so how do/did they believe in an afterlife?

What changed?

How many resurrections was Jesus talking about (John 5:24-29)?

Colossians 2:5 NRSV For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ....

Colossians 1:24 - 2:5

1 Peter 3:15 TLB Quietly trust yourself to Christ your Lord, and if anybody asks why you believe as you do, be ready to tell him, and do it in a gentle and ...