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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Colossians 2:4-15

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 TRADITION, WITH THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORLD AND NOT CHRIST FOR ITS CONTENT. IN HIM ALONE DWELLS THE WHOLE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD, AND THEIR COMPLETENESS IS IN HIM. THEY HAVE DIED, BEEN BURIED AND RAISED WITH HIM, GOD HAS QUICKENED THEM WITH HIM, WHILE THEY WERE DEAD IN SINS, HAS CANCELLED THE HOSTILE LAW ON THE CROSS, AND SPOILED AND LED IN TRIUMPH THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Colossians 2:4. _LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BEGUILE YOU_] The word παραλογιζηται means to deceive by sophistry or subtle reasoning, in which all the _conclusions_ appear to be fairly drawn from the _p...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THIS I SAY - Respecting the character and sufficiency of the truth revealed in Christ. LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BEGUILE YOU - Deceive you, lead you away from the truth. WITH ENTICING WORDS - Artful w...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    My struggle is that their hearts may be encouraged, that they may be united together in love, that they may come to all the wealth of the assured ability to take the right decision in any situation, t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LEST, &c.. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ no one (Greek. _medeis)._ BEGUILE. deceive. Greek. _paralogizomai._ Here and James 1:22. WITH. App-104. ENTICING WORDS. Greek. _pilhanelogia._ Only here....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And this I say, lest_&c. He states the precise practical occasion of such a general statement of truth. It is, the danger now surrounding the Colossians, and of which Paul, though absent, is keenly a...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΛΈΓΩ. The exact phrase here only, but with δέ [1 Corinthians 1:12]; Galatians 3:17, and οὗν Ephesians 4:17 (cf....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    24–2:5. _St Paul’s appeal based on_ (Colossians 1:24-29) _his own joy in enduring suffering in order to make known the secret of Christ’s presence in their heart, and_ (Colossians 2:1-5) _his personal...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΊΝΑ (G2443) чтобы, затем чтобы. Союз может выражать цель: "Я сказал это, чтобы..." или, что так же возможно, иметь повелительное значение: "Пусть никто..." (МТ, 102). ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΊΖΗΤΑΙ _praes. conj. med....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THIS I SAY,— Namely, "That all the treasures of wisdom are in Christ,—that you may not be imposed upon by the plausible argumentations of human philosophy." See Colossians 2:8. St. Paul comes here...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. THIS I SAY, THAT NO ONE MAY DELUDE YOU WITH PERSUASIVENESS OF SPEECH. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 4. I speak this (way about my agony of soul for you) so that no one may deceive you by persuasiv...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. AND, [ de (G1161)] - 'Now.' Compare with "lest any man," etc., Colossians 2:8; Colossians 2:16;...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BEGUILE YOU. — “To beguile” here is _to reason into error;_ and “enticing words” are words of _persuasion_ rather than of reason or revelation. Both words are used by St. Paul only in this passage. It...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (1-7) In these verses St. Paul declares his deep anxiety for the Colossians and Laodiceans and others who had not seen his face, that they might seek, not the false, but the true knowledge, finding “t...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 2 CONCILIATORY AND HORTATORY TRANSITION TO POLEMICS Colossians 2:4 (R.V.) NOTHING needs more delicacy of hand and gentleness of heart than the administration of warning or reproof, especiall...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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 i...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Man is searching for knowledge and wisdom through a multitude of means. He will not find them until he comes to Jesus wherein those things are revealed. Paul was especially concerned that the Colossia...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (3) And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with (e) enticing words. (3) A passing over to the treatise following, against the corruptions of Christianity. (e) With a planned type of talk ma...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    That no man may deceive you. [1] He means those false teachers and vain philosophers, who deceived them by a sophistical way of reasoning, advancing in this manner their fabulous inventions; it is lik...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._This I say, that no man may deceive you. _As the contrivances of men have (as we shall afterwards see) an appearance of wisdom, the minds of the pious ought to be preoccupied with this persuasion —...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THIS I SAY,.... That he had such a conflict for them, and had told them of his care and fear on their account, and had signified his great desire that they might arrive to a more large and certain...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. Ver. 4. _With enticing words_] With probable and persuasible speeches, πιθανολογια. It is not safe for simple men to hear heretics...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And this, I say_ Concerning the perfection of Christ and his gospel, and the treasures of wisdom and knowledge contained therein; _lest any man should beguile you_ (see the margin) _with enticing wor...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    WITH ENTICING WORDS; false persuasion; words of mere human wisdom, such as are more fully explained afterwards in verses Colossians 2:16-23....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THIS I SAY LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BEGUILE YOU WITH ENTICING WORDS....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A WARNING AGAINST ERROR. The danger of being beguiled:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Athenagoras A Plea for the Christians and who declare both their power in union and their distinction in order, called atheists? Nor is our teaching in what relates to the divine nature confined to t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘I say this so that no one may (or ‘let no one') delude you with persuasive speech, for though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, full of joy and beholding your order and the s...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Colossians 2:4. AND THIS I SAY; referring to Colossians 2:1-3; the remainder of this verse answering to Colossians 2:2-3, and Colo

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THIS I SAY (τουτο λεγω). Paul explains why he has made this great claim for Christ at this point in his discussion.MAY DELUDE (παραλογιζητα). Present middle subjunctive of παραλογιζομα, old verb,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    DO NOT LET ANYONE FOOL YOU. If they had "true understanding" (Colossians 2:2) this would not be possible. Knowledge is a strong defense against false teachers....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 2:1. WHAT GREAT CONFLICT—R.V. “how greatly I strive.” It is a repetition of the thought of the previous verse expressed in terms of the arena. FOR THEM AT...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 John 2:18; 1 John 2:26; 1 John 4:1; 1 Peter 2:1;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Beguile [π α ρ α λ ο γ ι ζ η τ α ι]. Only here and James 1:22. See note. Rev., delude. So Ignatius, speaking of the duty of obedience to the bishop, says : "He that fails in this, does not deceive the...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Note here, How exceedingly desirous the apostle was, that the Colossians might continue sound in the Christian faith, and be preserved out of the hands of false teachers, who by false arguments, and e...

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