Colossians 2:4
I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
In Context
3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Cross References
Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
1 Corinthians 2:4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
2 Corinthians 11:11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:2-4
Paul's Concern for the Colossians. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. We may observe here the great concern which Paul had for… Read the whole commentary →