Colossians 2:18

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Colossians 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

No

Beguile you

Colossians 2:16

In a voluntary humility

Colossians 2:23

Isaiah 57:9

Worshipping

Daniel 11:38

1 Corinthians 8:5

1 Timothy 4:1

Intruding

1 Timothy 1:7

Vainly

Fleshly

General references

Exodus 20:3

Bible References

No

I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument.

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.”

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great

signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.

Beguile you

Therefore no one is to

act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—

In a voluntary humility

These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in

self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

“You have journeyed to the king with oil
And increased your perfumes;
You have sent your envoys a great distance
And made them go down to Sheol.

Worshipping

But instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures.

For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

Intruding

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.

“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

A Psalm of David.

I will give You thanks with all my heart;

I will sing praises to You before the gods.

Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.

wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

Vainly

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.

Now some have become

arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge

makes arrogant, but love edifies.

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,

Fleshly

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking

like mere men?

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:

immorality, impurity, sensuality,

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

General references

“You shall have no other gods before Me.