Be ROOTED then BEWARE; Received by FAITH, then Walk by FAITH

Colossians 2:6-8 - As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

NOTE: "It ought to be obvious why the instruction to be ROOTED comes before the instruction to BEWARE." - VM

V. 6 - AS ye have received Christ, so walk.  That is, In the same WAY that ye received Christ, so walk.  You received Him by faith.  So now WALK by faith.  And so v. 7, "stablished in the faith."  Compare II Corinthians 5:7; Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38.

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