Colossians 2:4

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Colossians 2:4

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

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Enticing

1 Corinthians 2:4

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Lest

Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.

Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,

So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.

And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.

Enticing

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you: