2:6 Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, 1 continue to live your lives 2 in him, 2:7 rooted 3 and built up in him and firm 4 in your 5 faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 2:8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you 6 through an empty, deceitful philosophy 7 that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits 8 of the world, and not according to Christ. 2:9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives 9 in bodily form,