Colossians 2:4
I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
In Context
3In Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are stored up, hidden from view.
Cross References
Matthew 24:24For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
Acts 20:30and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them.
1 Corinthians 2:4And my language and the Message that I proclaimed were not adorned with persuasive words of earthly wisdom, but depended upon truths which the Spirit taught and mightily carried home;
2 Corinthians 11:11And why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do.
Ephesians 4:14So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead.
Colossians 2:8Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following 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 →