Parallel Verses

Webster

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

New American Standard Bible

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

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.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

τοῦτο 
Touto 
Usage: 232

I say
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

παραλογίζομαι 
Paralogizomai 
Usage: 2

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

with
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Devotionals

Devotionals about Colossians 2:4

Devotionals containing Colossians 2:4

References

Images Colossians 2:4

Prayers for Colossians 2:4

Context Readings

Christ Versus The Colossian Heresy

3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words. 5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.



Cross References

Ephesians 5:6

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Matthew 24:4

And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs will arise, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect.

Mark 13:22

For false Christs, and false prophets will rise, and will show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

Acts 20:30

Also from your own selves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Romans 16:18-19

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

1 Corinthians 2:4

And my speech and my preaching was 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 through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:11-13

Why? because I love you not? God knoweth.

Galatians 2:4

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Ephesians 4:14

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive:

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest any man make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Colossians 2:18

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

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

1 Timothy 4:1-2

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons;

2 Timothy 2:16

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and seducers will become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Titus 1:10-11

For there are many disorderly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

1 Peter 2:1-3

Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings,

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist cometh, even now are there many antichrists; by which we know that it is the last time.

1 John 2:26

These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce you.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 John 1:7

For many deceivers have entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver, and an antichrist.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out upon the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 13:8

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 20:3

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Revelation 20:8

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

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