TSK · Colossians 2:7

Planted in the LORD’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.

They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

A Living Stone, a Chosen People So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,