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 mislead you with nice-sounding rhetoric.

Then the LORD God asked the woman, "What did you do?" "The Shining One misled me," the woman answered, "so I ate."

because they've acted deceitfully, bringing trouble to you in this incident at Peor with Cozbi, daughter of a prince from Midian, who was killed during the plague that came about because of the incident at Peor."

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to the Messiah.

Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse.

I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, 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. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus the Messiah as having become human. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

I am coming soon! Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your victor's crown.

The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels.

All those who had become settled down and at home, living on the earth, will worship it, everyone whose name had not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the lamb that had been slaughtered since the foundation of the world.

Beguile you

Therefore, let no one judge you in matters of food and drink or with respect to a festival, a New Moon, or Sabbath days.

In a voluntary humility

These things have the appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion, humility, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value against self-indulgence.

You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!

Worshipping

He'll glorify the god of fortresses, a god whom his ancestors never knew, honoring him with gold, silver, valuable jewels, and treasures.

For even if there are "gods" in heaven and on earth (as indeed there are many so-called "gods" and "lords"),

Now the Spirit says clearly that in the last times some people will abandon the faith by following deceitful spirits, the teachings of demons,

Intruding

"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but what has been revealed belongs to us and to our children forever, so that we might observe the words of this Law."

"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about?

LORD, I thank you with all of my heart; because you heard the words that I spoke, I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.

"This is what the Lord GOD says, "How terrible it will be for the false prophets who walk according to their own wrong inclinations and see nothing.

They want to be teachers of the Law, yet they do not understand either what they are talking about or the things about which they speak so confidently.

Vainly

See to it that no one enslaves you through philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to the Messiah,

Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to evaluate you.

Now concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,

Fleshly

To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.

That's because you are still worldly. As long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, you are worldly and living by human standards, aren't you?

I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, promiscuity,

But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.

Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?

General references

You are to have no other gods as a substitute for me.