Discovery BoxColossians 1:23 
Context1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, 1 without shifting 2 from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
Colossians 2:19
Context2:19 He has not held fast 3 to the head from whom the whole body, supported 4 and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. 5
1 tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”
2 tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.
3 tn The Greek participle κρατῶν (kratwn) was translated as a finite verb to avoid an unusually long and pedantic sentence structure in English.
4 tn See BDAG 387 s.v. ἐπιχορηγέω 3.
5 tn The genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a genitive of source, “from God.”
