The Colossian church to whom Paul wrote the letter that we find in our New Testaments would have been comprised almost entirely of new believers. Most of them were likely recent gentile converts who were probably not even very familiar with the Old Testament scriptures of Judaism. In the language of Colossians 2:6, they had received Christ, but were just learning to walk in Him. They were rooted in Christ but had not yet been built up into maturity. This represented a vulnerable time for these new believers in Jesus. They were sincere in their faith, but their lack of depth and maturity made them vulnerable to false teachers and their “plausible arguments.” (verse 4) Paul’s counsel to them in Colossians 2:1-10 contain a timely word for all of us who are invested in the effort to grow as a disciple of Jesus personally and to help others grow as well.