As Paul calls us to be rooted, built up, and established in Christ, he knows that anything rooted in Christ will eventually face resistance.

The deeper our roots grow, the stronger the winds that try to pull us up will be.

So after urging them/us to be rooted, built up, and established in Christ, Paul immediately issues a warning: “See to it that no one takes you captive…”

Paul knew that the Colossian church was facing spiritual storms —those storms were subtle ideas and attractive teachings that sounded wise but were pulling people away from the truth of Christ.