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Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. <a href="/nlt/colossians/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud, <a href="/esv/colossians/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, <a href="/bsb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind. <a href="/blb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, detailing what he has seen, being puffed up vainly by his mind of the flesh, <a href="/kjv/colossians/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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, <a href="/nkjv/colossians/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, <a href="/nasb_/colossians/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Take care that no one keeps defrauding you of your prize by delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, <a href="/nasb/colossians/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, <a href="/nasb77/colossians/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, <a href="/lsb/colossians/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, going into detail about visions he has seen, being puffed up for nothing by his fleshly mind, <a href="/amp/colossians/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Let no one defraud you of your prize [your freedom in Christ and your salvation] by insisting on mock humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about visions [he claims] he has seen [to justify his authority], puffed up [in conceit] by his unspiritual mind, <a href="/csb/colossians/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Let no one condemn you by delighting in ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such people are inflated by empty notions of their unspiritual mind. <a href="/hcsb/colossians/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind. <a href="/asv/colossians/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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, <a href="/cev/colossians/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't be cheated by people who make a show of acting humble and who worship angels. They brag about seeing visions. But it is all nonsense, because their minds are filled with selfish desires. <a href="/erv/colossians/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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, <a href="/gwt/colossians/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Let no one who delights in [false] humility and the worship of angels tell you that you don't deserve a prize. Such a person, whose sinful mind fills him with arrogance, gives endless details of the visions he has seen. <a href="/gnt/colossians/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Do not allow yourselves to be condemned by anyone who claims to be superior because of special visions and who insists on false humility and the worship of angels. For no reason at all, such people are all puffed up by their human way of thinking <a href="/isv/colossians/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels cheat you out of the prize by rejoicing about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up for no reason by his carnal mind. <a href="/msb/colossians/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has not seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind. <a href="/net/colossians/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind. <a href="/nheb/colossians/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, <a href="/wbt/colossians/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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, <a href="/wey/colossians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts. <a href="/web/colossians/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/colossians/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> let no one deceive you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and [in] worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he has not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh, <a href="/blb/colossians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, detailing what he has seen, being puffed up vainly by his mind of the flesh, <a href="/ylt/colossians/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and in worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh, <a href="/slt/colossians/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Let none condemn you being willing in humility and religious worship of angels, going into what he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/colossians/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Let no man seduce you, willing in humility, and religion of angels, walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of his flesh, <a href="/cpdv/colossians/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh, <a href="/nabre/colossians/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Let no one disqualify you, delighting in self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, inflated without reason by his fleshly mind, <a href="/nrsvce/colossians/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/colossians/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Let no man, by pretense of sincerity, doom you, so that you worship angels; for he is bold about the things he has not seen, and foolishly he is proud of his intellectual powers. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/colossians/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Let not a man wish by humility of mind to subjugate you to the worship of Angels to your condemnation, by which he presumes upon something that he does not see, and is emptily puffed up in his carnal mind,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/colossians/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, <a href="/godbey/colossians/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Let no one purposely rob you of your prize by humiliation and worship of the angels, trusting in those things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his depravity, <a href="/haweis/colossians/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Let no man juggle you out of your prize, voluntary in his humility and the worship of angels, intruding into things which he never saw, vainly puffed up by his carnal imagination; <a href="/mace/colossians/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Let no man condemn you, from an affectation of humility, in worshipping of Angels, boldly prying into matters which he knows nothing of, being vainly puft up with his Jewish conceits: <a href="/wey/colossians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts. <a href="/worrell/colossians/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Let no one rob you of your prize, wishing to do it in humility and in a worshipping of angels, speculating about the things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh, <a href="/worsley/colossians/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Let no one deprive you of your reward by an affected humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into what he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind; <a href="/parallel/colossians/2-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7q-K-qsfihQ?start=439" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/colossians/2.htm">Alive in Christ</a> …17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. 18<a href="/greek/3367.htm" title="3367: mēdeis (Adj-NMS) -- No one, none, nothing. ">Do not let anyone</a> <a href="/greek/2309.htm" title="2309: thelōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. ">who delights</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/5012.htm" title="5012: tapeinophrosynē (N-DFS) -- Humility, lowliness of mind, modesty. From a compound of tapeinos and the base of phren; humiliation of mind, i.e. Modesty.">false humility</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2356.htm" title="2356: thrēskeia (N-DFS) -- From a derivative of threskos; ceremonial observance.">the worship</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/32.htm" title="32: angelōn (N-GMP) -- From aggello; a messenger; especially an angel; by implication, a pastor.">of angels</a> <a href="/greek/2603.htm" title="2603: katabrabeuetō (V-PMA-3S) -- From kata and brabeuo; to award the price against, i.e. to defraud.">disqualify</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1687.htm" title="1687: embateuōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- From en and a presumed derivative of the base of basis; equivalent to embaino; to intrude on.">with speculation about</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-ANP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">what</a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: heoraken (V-RIA-3S) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">he has seen.</a> <a href="/greek/5448.htm" title="5448: physioumenos (V-PPM/P-NMS) -- From phusis in the primary sense of blowing; to inflate, i.e. make proud.">Such a person is puffed up</a> <a href="/greek/1500.htm" title="1500: eikē (Adv) -- Without a cause, purpose; purposelessly, in vain, for nothing. Probably from eiko; idly, i.e. Without reason.">without basis</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">by</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarkos (N-GFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">unspiritual</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3563.htm" title="3563: noos (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of ginosko; the intellect, i.e. Mind; by implication, meaning.">mind.</a> 19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/galatians/1-8.htm">Galatians 1:8-9</a> But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! / As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse! <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-3</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. / They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a> For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a> Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3-4</a> Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. / He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. <a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm">1 Corinthians 8:1</a> Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17-18</a> Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. / For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a> For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Isaiah 8:19</a> When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a> Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, / casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. / For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you. <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8-9</a> For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them. / For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.” <a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm">Ezekiel 13:6-9</a> They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. / Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken? / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD. ... <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a> For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div> Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,no.<a href="/colossians/2-4.htm">Colossians 2:4,8</a> And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words… <a href="/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13</a> And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.<a href="/numbers/25-18.htm">Numbers 25:18</a> For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.beguile you.<a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16</a> Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:in a voluntary humility.<a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Colossians 2:23</a> Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.<a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9</a> And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.worshipping.<a href="/daniel/11-38.htm">Daniel 11:38</a> But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.<a href="/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25</a> Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.<a href="/1_corinthians/8-5.htm">1 Corinthians 8:5,6</a> For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) … intruding.<a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Deuteronomy 29:29</a> The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.<a href="/job/38-2.htm">Job 38:2</a> Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?<a href="/psalms/138-1.htm">Psalm 138:1,2</a> A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee… vainly.<a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a> 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.<a href="/1_corinthians/4-18.htm">1 Corinthians 4:18</a> Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/3-19.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/colossians/2-4.htm">Beguile</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-7.htm">Consciously</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">Defraud</a> <a href="/songs/6-3.htm">Delighting</a> <a href="/matthew/27-43.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/philippians/3-6.htm">Detail</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-22.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/philippians/1-18.htm">False.</a> <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Fleshly</a> <a href="/philippians/2-23.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/colossians/2-1.htm">Great</a> <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Humility</a> <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Idle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-11.htm">Idly</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Inflated</a> <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Making</a> <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Notions</a> <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Prize</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">Puffed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm">Puffs</a> <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Self-Abasement</a> <a href="/philippians/4-1.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/philippians/4-7.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm">Unspiritual</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Vainly</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-1.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Voluntary</a> <a href="/philippians/3-3.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Worshiping</a> <a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">Beguile</a> <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Consciously</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-6.htm">Defraud</a> <a href="/psalms/62-4.htm">Delighting</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-5.htm">Detail</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-16.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">False.</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Fleshly</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-8.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/colossians/4-13.htm">Great</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Humility</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-14.htm">Idle</a> <a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Idly</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Inflated</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/colossians/3-2.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Notions</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-5.htm">Prize</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Puffed</a> <a href="/psalms/10-5.htm">Puffs</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-13.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/colossians/3-24.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Self-Abasement</a> <a href="/colossians/4-12.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/james/3-15.htm">Unspiritual</a> <a href="/job/21-34.htm">Vainly</a> <a href="/genesis/46-2.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/philemon/1-14.htm">Voluntary</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Worshiping</a> <a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Colossians 2</div>1. <a href="/colossians/2-1.htm">Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ;</a> 8. <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">to beware of philosophy, and vain traditions;</a> 18. <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">worshipping of angels;</a> 20. <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">and legal ceremonies, which are ended in Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the early church, some individuals practiced asceticism, believing that self-denial and extreme humility would bring them closer to God. However, this false humility was often a facade for spiritual pride. The Bible frequently warns against outward displays of piety that do not reflect the heart (<a href="/matthew/6.htm">Matthew 6:1-18</a>). True humility is a fruit of the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>) and is characterized by a sincere dependence on God.and the worship of angels The worship of angels was a heretical practice that infiltrated the Colossian church. This practice may have been influenced by local pagan religions or a misunderstanding of Jewish traditions, where angels were sometimes revered as messengers of God. However, Scripture is clear that worship is due to God alone (<a href="/revelation/19-10.htm">Revelation 19:10, 22</a>:8-9). The elevation of angels to a status of worship detracts from the supremacy of Christ, who is the head of all principality and power (<a href="/colossians/2-10.htm">Colossians 2:10</a>).disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen The term "disqualify" suggests being judged unworthy or losing a reward. In the context of the Colossian church, some individuals claimed special visions or mystical experiences as a basis for spiritual authority. These claims were speculative and not grounded in the truth of the Gospel. The Bible cautions against relying on personal revelations that contradict Scripture (<a href="/deuteronomy/13.htm">Deuteronomy 13:1-5</a>). True spiritual insight comes from the Holy Spirit and aligns with God's Word (<a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">1 Corinthians 2:10-16</a>).Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind This phrase describes the arrogance and pride of those who rely on their own understanding rather than the wisdom of God. The term "puffed up" indicates an inflated sense of self-importance, which is condemned throughout Scripture (<a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>, <a href="/1_corinthians/8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:1</a>). An "unspiritual mind" refers to a mindset that is not led by the Holy Spirit. <a href="/romans/8-5.htm">Romans 8:5-8</a> contrasts the mind governed by the flesh with the mind governed by the Spirit, emphasizing the importance of spiritual discernment and humility before God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Colossians, addressing the church in Colossae with guidance and warnings against false teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/c/colossae.htm">Colossae</a> An ancient city in Phrygia, Asia Minor, where the church was facing challenges from false teachings and philosophies. 3. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals promoting ascetic practices, false humility, and the worship of angels, leading believers away from the truth of the Gospel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_false_humility.htm">Guard Against False Humility</a> True humility is rooted in Christ, not in self-imposed practices or asceticism. Evaluate your motivations and ensure they align with the Gospel. <a href="/topical/r/reject_angel_worship.htm">Reject Angel Worship</a> Worship is due to God alone. Understand the biblical role of angels and avoid elevating them to a place of worship. <a href="/topical/d/discern_spiritual_experiences.htm">Discern Spiritual Experiences</a> Be cautious of those who claim special visions or revelations that contradict Scripture. Test all things against the Word of God. <a href="/topical/s/stay_grounded_in_christ.htm">Stay Grounded in Christ</a> Focus on the sufficiency of Christ and His work on the cross. Do not be swayed by teachings that add to or take away from the Gospel. <a href="/topical/c/cultivate_a_spiritual_mind.htm">Cultivate a Spiritual Mind</a> Develop a mind that is rooted in the Spirit, not in unspiritual or fleshly thinking. Seek wisdom and understanding through prayer and study of the Scriptures.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_colossians_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Colossians 2</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_false_humility.htm">What defines false humility?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_god's_servants.htm">What defines false humility?</a> <a href="/q/was_this_truly_the_son_of_god.htm">What is the Colossian Heresy?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_colossian_heresy.htm">What is the Colossian Heresy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/colossians/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) 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 <a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm" title="Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.">1Corinthians 9:24</a>; <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm" title="I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.">Philippians 3:14</a>) is the heavenly reward of the Christian course. In St. Paul's exhortation there seems to be a reference back to <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm" title=" Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:">Colossians 2:16</a>. There he says, "Let no man arrogate judgment over you;" here, "Let no man use that arrogated judgment so as to cheat you of your prize. There is one Judge, who has right and who is righteous; look to Him alone."In a voluntary humility and worship.--This rendering seems virtually correct, though other renderings are proposed. The original is, willing in humility and worship, and the phrase "willing in" is often used in the LXX. for "delighting in." Other translations are here possible, though not without some harshness. But the true sense is shown beyond all doubt to be that given in our version, by the words used below to describe the same process, "will-worship and humility."In this passage alone in the New Testament "humility "is spoken of with something of the condemnation accorded to it in heathen morality. The reason of this is obvious and instructive. Humility is a grace, of which the very essence is unconsciousness, and which, being itself negative, cannot live, except by resting on some more positive quality, such as faith or love. Whenever it is consciously cultivated and "delighted in, "it loses all its grace; it becomes either unreal, "the pride that apes humility," or it turns to abject slavishness and meanness. Of such depravations Church history is unhappily full.Worshipping of angels.--This is closely connected with the "voluntary humility" above. The link of connection is supplied by the notice in the ancient interpreters, of the early growth of that unhappy idea, which has always lain at the root of saint-worship and angel-worship in the Church--"that we must be brought near by angels and not by Christ, for that were too high a thing for us" (Chrysostom). With this passage it is obvious to connect the emphasis laid (in Hebrews 1, 2) on the absolute superiority of our Lord to all angels, who are but "ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who are heirs of salvation;" and the prohibition of angel-worship in <a href="/revelation/22-9.htm" title="Then said he to me, See you do it not: for I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.">Revelation 22:9</a>, "See thou do it not; for I am thy fellow-servant . . . worship God." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/colossians/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Let no one defraud you of your prize (<a href="/colossians/1-5.htm">Colossians 1:5, 23</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-15.htm">Colossians 3:15</a>; <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Philippians 3:14</a>; <a href="/galatians/5-7.htm">Galatians 5:7</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm">1 Corinthians 9:24-27</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/4-7.htm">2 Timothy 4:7, 8</a>; <a href="/james/1-12.htm">James 1:12</a>; <a href="/1_peter/5-4.htm">1 Peter 5:4</a>; <a href="/revelation/2-10.htm">Revelation 2:10</a>; <a href="/revelation/3-11.htm">Revelation 3:11</a>). These eight words represent but three in the Greek. (On καταβραβεύω, see Meyer's elaborate note.) Βραβούω is used again in <a href="/colossians/3-15.htm">Colossians 3:15</a> (see note), meaning primarily" to act as βραβεύς," arbiter of the prize in the public games; βραβεῖον, the prize, is also figuratively used in <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Philippians 3:14</a>, and literally in <a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm">1 Corinthians 9:24</a>, and is synonymous with the "crown" of other passages. Κατὰ gives the verb a hostile sense; and the present tense, as in vers. 4, 8, 16, 20, implies a continued attempt. Let no one be acting the umpire against you, is the literal sense. The errorist condemns the Colossian Christian for his neglect of Jewish observances (ver. 16), and warns him that in his present state he will miss the heavenly prize, "the hope" he had supposed to be "in store for him in heaven" (ver. 5: comp. notes on Colossians 1:5 and Colossians 3:15; also <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13, 14</a>). Delighting in lowliness of mind and worship of the angels (ver. 23; <a href="/revelation/19-10.htm">Revelation 19:10</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-8.htm">Revelation 22:8, 9</a>; <a href="/judges/13-17.htm">Judges 13:17, 18</a>). By these means the false teacher impressed his disciples. His angel worship commended itself as the mark of a devout and humble mind, reverent towards the unseen powers above us, and made purely Christian worship seem insufficient. "Delighting in" is the rendering of θέλων ἐν given by Bengel, Hofmann, Lightfoot, Klopper, and is preferable to that of Meyer and Ellicott, who, with several Greek interpreters, supply the sense of the previous verb "desiring (to do so) in lowliness etc.; and to that followed in the Revisers' margin,which puts a sort of adverbial sense on θέλων - "of his mere will, by humility," etc. This latter rendering underlies the paraphrastic" voluntary humility" of the A.V., and agrees with the common interpretation of ἐθελοθρησκεία in ver. 23 (see note). Θέλων ἐν is, no doubt, a marked Hebraism, and St. Paul's language is "singularly free from Hebraisms" (compare, however, the use of εἰδέναι to know, in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-12.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:12</a>; the similar εὐδοκέω ἐν is well established, <a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">2 Corinthians 12:10</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-12.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:12</a>). This very idiom is frequently used in the LXX, and occurs in the 'Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs,' a Christian writing, of the second century. The apostle may surely be allowed occasionally to have used a Hebraistic phrase, especially when so convenient and expressive as this. Westcott and Hort, with scrupulous purism, mark the reading on this account as doubtful. Ταπεινοφροσύνη ("lowliness of mind"), a word, perhaps, compounded by St. Paul himself (see Trench's 'Synonyms'), is almost confined to the Epistles of this group (comp. ver. 23; <a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Colossians 3:12</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-2.htm">Ephesians 4:2</a>; <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a>; also <a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Acts 20:19</a>; <a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a>). This quality is ascribed ironically to the false teacher (compare the "puffed up" of the next clause, and for similar irony see <a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm">1 Corinthians 8:1, 2</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-17.htm">Galatians 4:17</a>). Θρησκεία is "outward worship" or "devotion:" comp. note on ver. 23; elsewhere in New Testament only in <a href="/acts/26-5.htm">Acts 26:5</a> and <a href="/james/1-26.htm">James 1:26, 27</a> (see Trench's 'Synonyms'). "Worship of the angels" is that paid to the angels; not "offered by them," as Luther and Hofmann interpret, supposing that the errorists pretended to imitate the worship of heaven. Investigating (or, dwelling on) the things which he hath seen'! vainly - being puffed up by 'the reason' of his flesh (<a href="/2_corinthians/12.htm">2 Corinthians 12</a>:l, 7; <a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm">1 Corinthians 8:1</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">1 Timothy 6:3-5</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18</a>; <a href="/jude/1-16.htm">Jude 1:16</a>). For ἐμβατεύων, we adopt the sense which it bears in 2 Macc. 2:30; in Philo, 'On the Planting of Noah,' § 19. and in patristic and later Greek generally, viz. "to search into," "examine," "discuss" (see Suicer's 'Thesaurus'). The rendering "proceeding" or "dwelling on," though near the radical sense of the word ("to step on" or "in"), wants lexical support. The same may be said of the rendering "intruding into," which suits the Received reading, "which he hath not seen." The "not" of the relative clause is wanting in nearly all our eldest and best witnesses, and is cancelled by the Revisers, with Tregelles, Tischendorf, Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort, etc. Its appearance in two different forms (οὐχ and μὴ) in the documents that present it, makes it still more certain that it is a copyist's insertion. The common reading gives, after all, an unsatisfactory sense; it is not likely the apostle would blame the errorist simply for entering into things beyond his sight (comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-18.htm">2 Corinthians 4:18</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/5-7.htm">2 Corinthians 5:7</a>). Meyer, after Steiger and Huther, gives the best explanation of "which he hath seen," supposing the writer to allude ironically to pretended visions of angels or of the spiritual world, by which the false teacher sought to impose on the Colossians. This view is suggested by Tertullian in the passage cited under ver. 16. Such visions would be suitable for the purpose of the errorist, and congenial to the Phrygian temperament, with its tendency to mysticism and ecstasy (see Theodoret, quoted under ver. 15, who also says that angel worship was specially forbidden by the Council of Laodicea, A.n. 364). If the false teacher were accustomed to say with an imposing air, "I have seen, ah! I have seen!" in referring to his revelations, the apostle's allusion would be obvious and telling. The language of <a href="/2_corinthians/12-1.htm">2 Corinthians 12:1</a> (R.V.) suggests a similar reliance on supernatural visions on the part of the apostle's earlier opponents. This pretentious visionary is, however, a "philosopher" and a "reasoner" first of all (vers. 4, 8). Accordingly he investigates what he has seen; inquires into the import of his visions, rationally develops their principles, and deduces their consequences. So far, the apostle continues in the ironical vein in which the first words of the verse are written, setting forth the pretensions of his opponent in his own terms, his irony "restraining itself till, after the word ἐμβατεύων, the indignation of truth breaks forth from it" (Steiger) in the caustic and decisive "vainly." Αἰκῆ qualifies the foregoing participle (so Origen, apparently, in Cramer's 'Catena,' vol. 4. p. 69; Steiger, De Wette, Hofmann, Conybeare) more suitably than the following. Thus it signifies "idly," "to no purpose," as everywhere else in St. Paul (<a href="/romans/13-4.htm">Romans 13:4</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/15-2.htm">1 Corinthians 15:2</a>; <a href="/galatians/3-4.htm">Galatians 3:4</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-11.htm">Galatians 4:11</a>); not "without cause," as joined to φυσιούμενος ("puffed up"), whose 'force it could only weaken. "Vainly" stigmatizes the futility, "puffed up" the conceit, and "by the reason of his flesh" the low and sensuous origin of these vaunted revelations and of the high-flown theosophy which they were used to support. (For the sarcastic force of "puffed up," comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/4-6.htm">1 Corinthians 4:6, 19</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/5-2.htm">1 Corinthians 5:2</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/8-1.htm">1 Corinthians 8:1</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">1 Corinthians 13:4</a>). The "reason" (νοῦς) is, in Greek philosophy, the philosophical faculty, the power of supersensible intuition; and in Plato and Philo, the organ of the higher, mystical knowledge of Divine things (see Philo, 'Who is Heir of Divine Things?' §§ 13, 20, and passim). The Colossian "philosopher" (ver. 8) would, we may imagine, speak of himself as "borne aloft" in his visions "by heavenly reason," "lifted high in angelical communion," or the like. Hence the apostle's sarcasm, "Exalted are they? say rather, inflated: lifted high by Divine reason? nay, but swollen high by the reason of their flesh." Some such allusion to the language of the errorists best accounts for the paradoxical νοῦς τῆς σαρκός (see Lightfoot); contrast with <a href="/romans/7-25.htm">Romans 7:25</a>, and compare the disparaging reference to διανοία, Colossians 1:21 (note). Difficult as this passage is, we hesitate to follow Lightfoot, and Westcott and Herr, who have given their weighty sanction to the perilous remedy of conjectural emendations; the latter editors for the second Line in this verse, and again in ver. 23. The line of interpretation here adopted is advocated in the Expositor, first series, vol. 11. pp. 385-398. <a href="/commentaries/colossians/2-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[Do not let anyone] μηδεὶς (mēdeis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3367.htm">Strong's 3367: </a> No one, none, nothing. who delights θέλων (thelōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2309.htm">Strong's 2309: </a> To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [false] humility ταπεινοφροσύνῃ (tapeinophrosynē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5012.htm">Strong's 5012: </a> Humility, lowliness of mind, modesty. From a compound of tapeinos and the base of phren; humiliation of mind, i.e. Modesty. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [the] worship θρησκείᾳ (thrēskeia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2356.htm">Strong's 2356: </a> From a derivative of threskos; ceremonial observance. of angels ἀγγέλων (angelōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_32.htm">Strong's 32: </a> From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. disqualify καταβραβευέτω (katabrabeuetō) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2603.htm">Strong's 2603: </a> From kata and brabeuo; to award the price against, i.e. to defraud. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. with speculation about ἐμβατεύων (embateuōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1687.htm">Strong's 1687: </a> From en and a presumed derivative of the base of basis; equivalent to embaino; to intrude on. what ἃ (ha) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. he has seen. ἑόρακεν (heoraken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. [Such a man] is puffed up φυσιούμενος (physioumenos) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5448.htm">Strong's 5448: </a> From phusis in the primary sense of blowing; to inflate, i.e. make proud. without basis εἰκῇ (eikē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1500.htm">Strong's 1500: </a> Without a cause, purpose; purposelessly, in vain, for nothing. Probably from eiko; idly, i.e. Without reason. by ὑπὸ (hypo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when). his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. unspiritual σαρκὸς (sarkos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. mind, νοὸς (noos) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3563.htm">Strong's 3563: </a> Probably from the base of ginosko; the intellect, i.e. Mind; by implication, meaning. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">NT Letters: Colossians 2:18 Let no one rob you of your (Coloss. 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