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Colossians 2:8

Beware lest any man strip you by philosophy and by vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, and according to the principles of the world, and not according to the Meshiha,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7your roots strengthened, and you builded in him, and established in that faith which you have learned, that you may abound therein with thanksgiving.

9in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:17But beware of the sons of men; for, delivering you to the house of judgments, in their synagogues they will scourge you,

Matthew 16:6But he said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharishee and Zadukoyee.

Acts 17:18and the philosophers also who were of the doctrine of Epikuros, and others who were called Estoiku, disputed with him. And some of them said, What willeth this accumulator of words? And others said, He preaches foreign gods; because Jeshu and his resurrection he preached unto them.

Romans 1:21For when they knew Aloha, they did not as Aloha glorify him and praise him, but became vain in their imaginations, and their heart was darkened, that they understood not.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:5-13

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and… Read the whole commentary →

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