<prompt> unaweza kugeuza matini haya ya swahilikwa kiingereza?katika mafungu haya, paulo kwa mara nyingine anawatahadharisha wakolosai kwamba hawapaswi kuruhusu shinikizo la jamii ambamo waliishi kuwa na ushawishi wowote juu ya imani zao na tamaduni zao na anaendelea kuwasihi walitegemee kanisa pekee kwa ajili ya chakula chao cha kiroho na ustawi wa maisha yao.  <response>: in these verses, paul again warns the colossians that they should not allow the pressures of the society in which they lived have any influence on their beliefs or practices and repeats his exhortation for them to look to the church alone for their spiritual nourishment and growth. 