Colossians 2:4

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 Colossians 2:5 reverting to the sympathy expressed in Colossians 2:1.

That no one may beguile you, deceive you by sophisms.

With (lit., ‘in') persuading speech. The word here used is compounded of the two occurring in 1 Corinthians 2:4 (‘enticing words' E. V.); the idea in both cases is that of insinuating sophistical reasoning, but this expression is the stronger of the two. In classical usage the reference was to argument as contrasted with mathematical demonstration (Light-foot).