Colossians 2:8

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Colossians 2:8

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Summary

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

Beware

Spoil

2 John 1:8

Philosophy

After the tradition

1 Peter 1:18

The rudiments

Colossians 2:20

Galatians 4:3

Ephesians 2:2

After christ

Ephesians 4:20

General references

John 10:5

Bible References

Beware

then beware lest you forget the LORD, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

But beware of people: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

Spoil

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Do not let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

Watch yourselves, that you do not lose the things which we have accomplished, but that you receive a full reward.

Philosophy

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but their thinking became nonsense, and their foolish heart was darkened.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

After the tradition

(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

The rudiments

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

After christ

But you did not learn Christ that way;

General references

They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they do not know the voice of strangers."