Colossians 2:18

Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

17which things are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is in Christ,

19and not holding the head, from which the whole body gathering vigor, and firmly united by joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Romans 8:6For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:17-23

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 18 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, 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment… Read the whole commentary →

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