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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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(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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,...
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Warning against a false righteousness of works:...
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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...
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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:...
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BEGUILE YOU:
Or, judge against you
IN A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY:
_ Gr._ being a voluntary in humility...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Colossians 2:18 Let G2603 one G3367 cheat G2603 you G5209 reward G2603
(G5720) delight G2309 (G5723) in...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 4:18; 1
Corinthians 8:1;...
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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...
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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...
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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...