Colossians 2:19

Beware Of Requirements Invented By Humans

¹⁸ Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind. ¹⁹ He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God. ²⁰ If you died with the Messiah to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:

From God

Head of the Body

Head of the Church

With God

Parts Of The Body

Christ

Jesus

Ephesians 4:15-16

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ.

Job 19:9-12

He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.

Psalm 139:15-16

My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

John 15:4-6

Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.

John 17:21

May they all be one,
as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You.
May they also be one in Us,
so the world may believe You sent Me.

Acts 4:32

Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

Romans 11:17

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,

Romans 12:4-5

Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function,

1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17

The cup of blessing that we give thanks for, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 12:12-27

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

Galatians 1:6-9

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Galatians 5:2-4

Take note! I, Paul, tell you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.

Ephesians 1:22

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 4:3

diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us.

Ephesians 5:29

For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

Philippians 1:27

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

Philippians 2:2-5

fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 1:18

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.

Colossians 2:2

I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery—Christ.

Colossians 2:6-9

Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him,

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we also do for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers in the entire region of Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers, to do so even more,

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

1 Timothy 2:4-6

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Peter 3:8

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.