References:

• Colossians 2:4-12
  • v 4 - “so no one will deceive you” παραλογίζομαι 
    • to cheat by false reckoning, to deceive by false reasoning, to deceive, delude
    • We can even deceive ourselves (Jas 1:22
  • v 7 - “Let your roots grow down into him…”
    • neg. Isa 40:21-25; Jer 12:1-3
    • pos. Eph 3:16-19
      • v 8-10 - not a mystical polytheistic context
      • v 11-12 - not a Jewish legalism
• Colossians 2:13-17
  • v 14 - χειρόγραφον (khi-rog'-raf-on)
    • a note of hand or writing in which one acknowledges that money has either been deposited with him or lent to him by another, to be returned at the appointed time
    • Luke 16 and the shrewd manager
      • “Take your bill and write…
    • Think checkbook ledger that keeps record of all your debts of sin that need to be paid, balanced out
    • The ledger gets nailed to the cross. (see MSG)
  • v 17 - σκιά (skee'-ah) - shadow
    • Luke 1:77-79
• Colossians 2:18-3:2 - from MSG