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Colossians exalts the absolute supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus Christ. Paul presents Christ as the image of the invisible God, Creator, sustainer, head of the church, firstborn from the dead, and the one in whom all fulness dwells. Because believers are complete in him, they must reject philosophy, human tradition, legalistic shadows, angel worship, and ascetic rules, and instead seek things above, put off the old man, put on the new, and order home and work under Christ’s lordship.
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