Out of pretended humility, they worshipped angels, as not daring to apply immediately to God. Yet this really sprung from their being puffed up: (the constant forerunner of a fall, Proverbs 16:18) so far was it from being an instance of true humility.
COLOSSIANS 2:18 a[ {B} The reading a[ is strongly supported by î46 and good representatives of the Alexandrian and the Western types of the text (a* A B D* I 33 1739 itd copsa, bo Speculum _al_). App...
Verse 18. _LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU_] μηδειςυμαςκαταβραβευετω. Let no man take the _prize_ from you which the βραβευς, _brabeus_, or judge in the contests, has assigned you, in consequence of your havi...
LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD - Margin, judge against you. The word used here - καταβραβεύω katabrabeuō - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It is a word which was employed with refer...
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
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...
Let no one take you to task in matters of food or drink, or with regard to yearly festivals and monthly new moons and weekly sabbaths. These are only the shadow of things to come; the real substance b...
Beware lest there will be anyone who will carry you off as his spoil, by insisting on the necessity of a so-called philosophy, which is, in fact, an empty delusion, a philosophy which has been handed...
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...
NO MAN. Greek. _m edeis._ BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD. defraud you of your prize. Greek. _katabrabeua._ Only here. IN, &c. Lit, willing (App-102) in (App-104), i.e. being. devotee to. HUMILITY. See...
_Let no_man] Another parallel but distinct caution after that of Colossians 2:16. _beguile you of your reward_ ROB YOU OF YOUR PRIZE, R.V. The verb is compounded with the noun _brabeion_(used Philippi...
Ἃ ἙΌΡΑΚΕΝ. μὴ is omitted by א*ABD* Boh. Marc. Ambrst. μὴ is inserted by Text. Rec. with אcCDcHKLP, etc. οὐκ by G. The negative is also found in vulg. Syrr. Chrys., and is so much easier upon a superfi...
16–19. _Practical application of_ Colossians 2:6-15 _and more especially_ Colossians 2:9-15 You have everything in Christ (Colossians 2:10), and have been joined to Him in all His redemptiv
ΚΑΤΑΒΡΑΒΕΥΈΤΩ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΡΑΒΕΎΩ (G2603) принимать неправедные решения против кого-л., лишать награды, судить кого-л. (BAGD; Abbott; Lohse; Preisigke, 1:744; Lohmeyer). ΘΈΛΩΝ _praes....
LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU— This verse is differently understood. Dr. Doddridge translates and paraphrases it as follows: _"Let no one,_ therefore, _who may_ ever so eagerly _desire it,_ or ever so artful...
18. LET NO MAN ROB YOU OF YOUR PRIZE, BY A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND WORSHIPPING OF THE ANGELS, DWELLING IN THE THINGS WHICH HE HATH SEEN, VAINLY PUFFED UP BY HIS FLESHLY MIND, 19. AND NOT HOLDING FAST T...
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, BEGUILE YOU OF YOU...
__ Doctrinal Correction 15 Not only is the believer exempt from the authority of the apostles of the Circumcision, but, in spirit, he is beyond the reach of all human jurisdiction. Even before His r...
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...
Text and translation are alike very uncertain. We should probably correct the text and render: 'Let no one give judgment against you in voluntary humility and worship of the angels, treading the void...
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...
(16-19) To the warning against speculative error succeeds a warning against two practical superstitions. The first is simply the trust in obsolete Jewish ordinances (the mere shadow of Christ) with wh...
BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD. — The original is a word used, almost technically, for an unfair judgment in the stadium, robbing the victor of his prize. The prize here (as in 1 Corinthians 9:24; Philipp...
CHAPTER 2 WARNINGS AGAINST TWIN CHIEF ERRORS, BASED UPON PREVIOUS POSITIVE TEACHING Colossians 2:16 (R.V.) "Let no man therefore judge you." That "therefore" sends us back to what the Apostle has be...
SINCE THE LAW HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THE ANGELS DESPOILED, RITUAL OR ASCETIC ORDINANCES HAVE NO LONGER ANY MEANING FOR THOSE WHO IN CHRIST POSSESS THE SUBSTANCE, OF WHICH THESE ARE BUT THE SHADOW. THE...
This verse gives us our only definite information, apart from which it would have been a highly probable inference, that the false teachers practised angel-worship. ὑμᾶς καταβραβευέτω. This is commonl...
AVOIDING ERRORS Colossians 2:13 The reiteration of the prepositions in and with emphasizes our close identification with our Savior. Such we are in the purpose of God, and so we should be in daily ex...
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...
The apostle warns against those who would “defraud” the Colossian brethren of their reward. Weed says the word suggests athletic competition in which one is disqualified. If the Colossian brethren lis...
(16) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary (a) humility and worshipping of angels, (17) intruding into those things which he hath not seen, (18) (b) vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Let no man seduce you. [5] In the Greek, hinder you from getting the prize. --- Willing [6] (by their own will) in humility, and religion of Angels, practising a wrong and mistaken humility in regard...
(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, 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....
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...
18._Let no one take from you the palm. _(389) He alludes to runners, or wrestlers, to whom the _palm _was assigned, on condition of their not giving way in the middle of the course, or after the conte...
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...
LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD,.... Or prize; the allusion is to the Olympic games, one of which was running races; in which the stadium, or race plot was fixed, a mark set up to look and run u...
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, Ver. 18. _Let no man...
_Let no man beguile you of your reward_ Of future glory, however eagerly or artfully he may attempt it. According to Pierce, who pleads the authority of Demosthenes, the word καταβραβευετω, here rende...
OF YOUR REWARD; that which Christ bestows on those who cleave to him, and seek salvation through him. IN A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND WORSHIPPING OF ANGELS; the apostle apparently speaks of that false hum...
Warning against a false righteousness of works:...
LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD IN A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND WORSHIPING OF ANGELS, INTRUDING INTO THOSE THINGS WHICH HE HATH NOT SEEN, VAINLY PUFFED UP BY HIS FLESHLY MIND,...
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...
Christian Liberty - 2:16-23 16SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A FESTIVAL OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS, Do not let others judge you, as you should not judge others. (Matthew 7:...
BEGUILE YOU: Or, judge against you IN A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY: _ Gr._ being a voluntary in humility...
LET NO MAN ROB YOU OF YOUR PRIZE BY. VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND WORSHIPPING OF THE ANGELS, DWELLING IN THE THINGS WHICH HE HATH SEEN, VAINLY PUFFED UP BY HIS FLESHLY MIND, 'LET NO MAN' -'the present ten...
18-23 It looked like humility to apply to angels, as if men were conscious of their unworthiness to speak directly to God. But it is not warrantable; it is taking that honour which is due to Christ o...
LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD: the original compound word, peculiar in the New Testament to Paul, and that in this Epistle only, (and not very frequent in other authors), hath occasioned inter...
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus who go into matters of which they have no perception.[66] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Et rursus dicit: "Nemo vos seducat in voluntaria humil...
Colossians 2:18 Let G2603 one G3367 cheat G2603 you G5209 reward G2603 (G5720) delight G2309 (G5723) in...
‘Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility or worshipping of the supernatural messengers, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding...
Colossians 2:18. Let no man. The singular number in these warnings does not point to a particular person, but gives emphasis. ROB YOU OF THE PRIZE. The figure, borrowed from the games, suggests an un...
2. _Two Special Warnings Enforced._ This brief section is both an application of the obligations resulting from the truths stated in Colossians 2:9-15, and a warning against certain specific errors wh...
ROB YOU OF YOUR PRIZE (καταβραβευετω). Late and rare compound (κατα, βραβευω, Colossians 3:15) to act as umpire against one, perhaps because of bribery in Demosthenes and Eustathius (two other examp...
INTRUDING INTO THOSE THINGS The errorists against whom Paul warns the Colossians, and against whom, in principle, the warning has perpetual significance, were called "Gnostics," from the Greek, "gnos...
Colossians 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:_ That is, keep on as you began. Christ was enough for you when, as poor, guilty sinners, you came and trusted...
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 u...
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...
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELVES. If you are _condemned,_ you lose your reward. Do not allow any teacher to lead you away from Christ. Jesus is real! The special visions; the false humility (Mark 12:38); and t...
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...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:18 Paul lists a variety of ways the false teachers had tried to DISQUALIFY the genuine believers in Colossae. ASCETICISM. Paul probably had in mind fasting and perhaps...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 2:18. LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD.—R.V. “let no man rob you of your prize.” There seems to be implied some such thought as this: Do not allow thes...
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 be
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 13:4; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Corinthians 8:1;...
Beguile of reward [κ α τ α β ρ α β ε υ ε τ ω]. Only here in the New Testament. From kata against, brabeuw to act as a judge or umpire. Hence to decide against one, or to declare him unworthy of the pr...
Our apostle having warned the Colossians against the errors of the Judaizing teachers, comes next to warn them against the practice of the Paganizing Christians, who were directd by their guides to wo...