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Colossians 2:7

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Rooted: Colossians 1:23; Psalms 1:3, Psalms 92:13; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 17:8; Ezekiel 17:23-24; Romans 11:17-18; Ephesians 2:21-22, Ephesians 3:17; Jude 1:12

built: Matthew 7:24-25; Luke 6:48; John 15:4-5; 1 Corinthians 3:9-15; Ephesians 2:20-22; 1 Peter 2:4-6; Jude 1:20

stablished: Colossians 1:23; Romans 16:25; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Peter 5:10; 2 Peter 3:17-18; Jude 1:24

with: Colossians 1:12-13, Colossians 3:17; Ephesians 5:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Hebrews 13:15

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