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rooted and built up in him, and established in your faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
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Rooted Once, Built Up Daily
Commentators highlight a key distinction in the original language. You are "rooted" in Christ once for all, like a tree planted securely. This speaks to the permanent foundation of your salvation. At the same time, you are continually "being built up" in Him, like a building under constant construction. This describes the ongoing process of spiritual growth. Your foundation is secure, and the growth is continuous.
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Colossians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rooted—in him. As a tree strikes its roots deep in the earth, so our faith should strike deep into the doctrine concerning the Saviour. Se…
Rooted (ερριζωμενο). Perfect passive participle of old verb ριζοω from ριζα, root. In N.T. only here and Eph 3:17. Paul changes th…
19th Century
Anglican
Rooted and built up in him.—There is a significant change of tense in the original, having been rooted—i.e.<…
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Baptist
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.…
In this verse four participles describe the walk in Christ. The first two, “rooted [GK 4845] and built up [GK 2224] in him,” go together. The first…
16th Century
Protestant
And confirmed in the faith. He now repeats without figurative language the same thing that he had expressed through metaphors: that contin…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Rooted and built up in him By these metaphors, the apostle uses as arguments, to engage them to walk on in Christ, a…
The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. It prospers when we not only believe with the heart but are ready, w…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the apostle warned the Colossians against falling away from the faith because of deceptive language. Here, he gives the reason for this…