Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Holman Bible
I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.
International Standard Version
I say this so that no one will mislead you with nice-sounding rhetoric.
A Conservative Version
And I say this so that not any man may delude you with persuasive speech.
American Standard Version
This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
Amplified
I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive [but thoroughly deceptive] arguments.
An Understandable Version
I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.
Anderson New Testament
Now I say this, that no one may deceive you by persuasive words.
Bible in Basic English
I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.
Common New Testament
I say this so that no one may delude you with fine-sounding arguments.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I mention this, lest any one should deceive you by specious pretences.
Darby Translation
And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.
Godbey New Testament
I say this in order that no one may deceive you with a persuasive speech.
Goodspeed New Testament
What I mean is, let nobody mislead you by specious arguments.
John Wesley New Testament
And this I say, that no man may beguile you with inticing words.
Julia Smith Translation
And this I say, lest any mislead you with persuasive arguments.
King James 2000
And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I say this in order that no one will deceive you with persuasive speech,
Modern King James verseion
And I say this that not anyone should beguile you with enticing words.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This I say lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Moffatt New Testament
I say this to prevent you from being deluded by plausible arguments from anybody;
Montgomery New Testament
And this I say, lest any one should mislead you with enticing words.
NET Bible
I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.
New Heart English Bible
Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
Noyes New Testament
And this I say, that no one may impose on you by specious discourses.
Sawyer New Testament
But I say this that no one may mislead you with persuasive words.
The Emphasized Bible
This I say, in order that, no one, may be reasoning, you, aside with plausible discourse;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now this I say, lest any man pervert you with specious discourse.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I say this to prevent any one from deceiving you by plausible arguments.
Webster
And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words.
Weymouth New Testament
I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.
Williams New Testament
I am saying this to keep anyone from misleading you by persuasive arguments.
World English Bible
Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
Worrell New Testament
This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasive speech;
Worsley New Testament
And this I say, least any one should deceive you with fine speeches.
Youngs Literal Translation
and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 2:4
Devotionals containing Colossians 2:4
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 2:4
Images Colossians 2:4
Prayers for Colossians 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Christ Versus The Colossian Heresy
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In him is concealed all the hidden treasures of God's wisdom and knowledge.
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Cross References
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words. It is because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Matthew 24:4
Jesus answered: Be careful that no man misleads you.
Matthew 24:24
There will be false Christs and false prophets. They will show great signs and wonders so that many will be misled. This includes some of the chosen ones.
Mark 13:22
There will arise false Christs and false prophets. They show signs and wonders that will mislead many, even the anointed.
Acts 20:30
Such men will arise from among you speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.
Romans 16:18-19
They do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unaware.
1 Corinthians 2:4
My speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds will be lead away from the simplicity and the purity (cleanness) that is toward Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:11-13
Why? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do!
Galatians 2:4
This occurred because of the false brothers brought in secretly. They came to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus. This was so they might bring us into bondage.
Ephesians 4:14
We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error.
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one enslaves you by means of philosophy and worthless deceit of human wisdom according to tradition of men. It is according to the elementary principles of the world, and not from Christ.
Colossians 2:18
Let no man rob you of your prize by a self-abasement and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things that he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders.
1 Timothy 4:1-2
The Spirit explicitly says that some will fall away from the faith (truth) in later times. Spirits and doctrines of demons will seduce them,
2 Timothy 2:16
But avoid worldly and empty discussion, for it will lead to further ungodliness.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Titus 1:10-11
There are many unruly (rebellious) men, vain talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.
1 Peter 2:1-3
Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.
1 John 2:18
Little children, it is the last hour! You heard that the antichrist is coming. Even now many antichrists have come. That is how we know that it is the last hour.
1 John 2:26
I write you these things concerning those who would lead you astray.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. This is because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone into the world. They do not confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Revelation 12:9
The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.
Revelation 13:8
All the citizens of earth will worship him, all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life who was slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 20:3
He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a little while.
Revelation 20:8
Satan will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of these is as the sand of the sea (too great to count).