What does Colossians 2:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudimentsc of the world, and not after Christ."
Verse 8. _BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU_] The word συλαγωγων, from συλη, _prey_, and αγειν, _to lead_ or _carry away_, signifies to _rob_, or _spoil_ of their goods, as if by _violence_ or rapine. The...
BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU - The word “spoil” now commonly means, to corrupt, to cause to decay and perish, as fruit is spoiled by keeping too long, or paper by wetting, or hay by a long rain, or c...
II. COMPLETE IN HIM, IN WHOM ALL THE FULLNESS DWELLS CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The mystery of God (Colossians 2:1)_ 2. Complete in Christ (Colossians 2:9) 3. Exhortations and warnings (Colossians 2:16) Colo...
AN URGENT WARNING AGAINST A DEGRADING THEOSOPHY. Let them not be led away by false reasonings, however persuasive. They must think of Paul, despite his bodily absence, as being with them in spirit (1...
LOVE'S STRUGGLE (Colossians 2:1) _ 2:1 I want you to know how great a struggle I am going through for you, and for the people of Laodicaea, and for all those who have never seen me face to face._ He...
BEWARE. See (App-133) to it. LEST. App-105. ANY MAN. App-123. SPOIL. Greek _sula gogeo._ Only here. THROUGH. App-104.Colossians 2:1. PHILOSOPHY. Greek _philosophia._ Only here. AFTER. App-104....
Warning against alien teachings: Christ is all for peace and life 8. _Beware_&c. Quite lit., "_See lest any one shall be your spoiler_" _;_the positive and imminent risk being indicated by the future...
ΒΛΈΠΕΤΕ ΜΉ … ἜΣΤΑΙ. A classical author would have written ὁρᾶτε μή, and so St Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:15; cf. Matthew 8:4 (|| Mark 1:44), Matthew 9:30; Matthew 18:10, [Matthew 24:6]; Revelation 19:1...
ΒΛΈΠΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991) наблюдать, смотреть; здесь״, "смотрите!" "внимание!". Это слово обычно сопровождается ΜΉ и _conj._, но _ind._ ΕΣΤΑΙ в данном случае означает, что опасност...
BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU, &C.— _Make a spoil of you._ The Apostle here refers to the _vain deceit_ of _Gentile,_ as well as _Jewish philosophy._ The word rendered _rudiments,_ στοιχεια, may undou...
8. TAKE HEED LEST THERE SHALL BE ANY ONE THAT MAKETH SPOIL OF YOU THROUGH HIS PHILOSOPHY AND VAIN DECEIT, AFTER THE TRADITION OF MEN, AFTER THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD, AND NOT AFTER CHRIST: _Translat...
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 ("Look" well) lest there shall be [as I...
__ The Secret of Christ 23 The scope of reconciliation is not confined to mankind: it is as broad as creation. Its proclamation was made to every creature under heaven. It is God's loving purpose to...
2:8 *you* (c-10) 'You' is emphatic; but the verb 'be' is in the future, implying real present danger more than possibility....
THE FALSE TEACHING AND ITS REFUTATION 4-15. Hold fast to Christ the All-sufficient Saviour. PARAPHRASE. '(4) I emphasise these truths about Christ lest you should be beguiled by plausible persuasions...
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 2 V1 I am working for you. I am working for the peo...
SPOIL YOU. — Properly, _lead you away as a spoil,_ triumph over you as a captive, and make you a slave. Comp. St. Paul’s language as to the older Judaism at Corinth (2 Corinthians 11:20), “Ye suffer,...
CHAPTER 2 THE BANE AND THE ANTIDOTE Colossians 2:8 (R.V.) WE come now to the first plain reference to the errors which were threatening the peace of the Colossian community. Here Paul crosses swords...
PAUL URGES HIS READERS NOT TO BE BEGUILED BY PLAUSIBLE WORDS, BUT TO HOLD CHRIST FAST AS THE PRINCIPLE OF MORAL CONDUCT. THEY MUST LET NO ONE TAKE THEM CAPTIVE BY DECEITFUL PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN TRADIT...
ESTABLISHED IN THEIR FAITH Colossians 2:1 If you know Christ, you can lay your hand on the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. They are matters of daily experience. The Apostle's aim in this chapter...
If for a moment we glance back at the passage beginning with 1:24 and ending with 2:3, we find reference to a threefold mystery: the first, the Church, which is the Body of Christ; then the secret of...
Beware of Empty Deceit Paul urged them to be constantly on their guard lest anyone take them captive through human reasoning. The philosophers Paul is speaking of were puffed up with their own knowle...
(4) Beware lest any man (i) spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, (5) after the tradition of men, (6) after the (k) rudiments of the world, (7) and not after Christ. (4) He brings all corrupt...
Let any man impose upon you. [2] In the Greek, make a prey of you, as thieves that steal things. --- There were two sorts of false teachers among them; they who mixed vain errors from heathen philosop...
(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 steadfastnes...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
8._Beware lest any one plunder you. _He again instructs them as to the poison, which the antidote presented by him should be made use of to counteract. For although this, as we have stated, is a commo...
Thus we have a double ministry, as well as a double preeminence of Christ, and a double reconciliation; and each having a similar relationship the one to the other: Christ, the Head of all things in h...
BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU,.... Or despoil you; rob you of the rich treasure of the Gospel, strip you of your spiritual armour, take away from you the truths and doctrines of Christ, and divest you...
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. Ver. 8. _Lest any man spoil you_] A metaphor eith...
_Beware lest any man spoil you_ Μη τις υμας εσται ο συλαγωγων, _lest there be any one who makes a prey of you; through philosophy_ The pretended wisdom of the heathen philosophers; _and vain deceit_ S...
LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU; literally, make booty of you; rob you of spiritual blessings by leading you to depend on something besides Christ for salvation. RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD; the Mosaic ceremonies,...
The apostle now builds up his admonition on this tactful premise:...
CHRIST THE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE (vs.1-10) In verse 1 the unselfish faith and love of the apostle shines beautifully. He was as deeply concerned for believers who had not seen him as he was...
Philosophy vs. Truth - 2:8-9 BEWARE LEST ANYONE CHEAT YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND EMPTY DECEIT, ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION OF MEN, ACCORDING TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD, AND NOT ACCORDING TO...
RUDIMENTS: Or, elements...
8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a philoso...
BEWARE: the apostle, after his exhortation, considering their danger from seducing spirits lying in wait to deceive by their sleight and craftiness, 1 TIMOTHY 4:1,2, doth here reinforce and enlarge hi...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I And again, "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;...
Colossians 2:8 Beware G991 (G5720) lest G3361 anyone G5100 cheat G2071 (G5704) G4812 (G5723) you G5209 through G1223 philosophy G5385 and G2532 empty G2756 deceit G539 according G2596 tradition G3862...
‘Watch carefully lest there shall be anyone who carries you off captive through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For...
1. _Warning Against being Led Away through the Philosophy of the False Teachers_. This section, which is most directly in opposition to the errors at Colossae, is introduced by a paragraph, expressing...
TAKE HEED (βλεπετε). Present active imperative second person plural of βλεπω, common verb for warning like our "look out," "beware," "see to it."LEST THERE SHALL BE ANY ONE (μη τις εστα). Negativ...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
Colossians 2:1. _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;_ Paul had not met these Colossian Christ...
CONTENTS: Godhead incarnate in Christ. Danger of those who would entice away from Christ. Philosophy and legality, mysticism and asceticism. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: Believers who...
Colossians 2:1. _I would that ye knew what great conflict I have,_ in the inward feelings of my heart and wrestlings of prayer, _for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many,_ in the adjacent di...
SEE TO IT, THEN, THAT NO ONE MAKES A CAPTIVE OF YOU. By letting the false teachers talk them into worshiping angels and saying they should not eat meat. He says more about this in Colossians 2:16-18....
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:4 The Dangerous Teaching at Colossae. Paul delivers a series of warnings about the teaching that threatens the Colossian church. In doing so, he also provides important...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 2:7. ROOTED AND BUILT UP.—St. Paul passes over rapidly from one conception to another of quite a different kind. We cannot call it mixed metaphor. We commo...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 2:1 SECTION IV. THE APOSTLE'S CONCERN FOR THE COLOSSI. AN CHURCH. So far the contents of the letter have been of a general and preparatory character. New the writer begins to...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Colossians, chapter two. Paul had never visited Colosse. He had heard of the church from Epaphras, who was the minister there, who had told Paul of the love that the...
1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 15:35; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Jo
Beware [β λ ε π ε τ ε]. Lit., see to it. Lest any man spoil you [μ η τ ι ς ε σ τ α ι υ μ α ς ο σ υ λ α γ ω γ ω ν]. The Greek is more precise and personal : lest there shall be any one that maketh spo...
THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE Colossians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the second chapter of Colossians, we wish to especially note the first verse, under the theme: "The Preacher's Longings after...
Through philosophy and empty deceit — That is, through the empty deceit of philosophy blended with Christianity. This the apostle condemns, Because it was empty and deceitful, promising happiness, but...
Does this verse mean Christians should not study philosophy? PROBLEM: Paul warned here, “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit.” Does this mean that Christians should not s...
Our apostle comes now in. particular and special manner to warn the Colossians, that they beware of all the enemies of Christianity, whether Pagan or Jewish, for Christianity was opposed by both: The...