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Verse 8. _BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU_] The word συλαγωγων,
from συλη, _prey_, and αγειν, _to lead_ or _carry away_,
signifies to _rob_, or _spoil_ of their goods, as if by _violence_ or
rapine. The...
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BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU - The word “spoil” now commonly
means, to corrupt, to cause to decay and perish, as fruit is spoiled
by keeping too long, or paper by wetting, or hay by a long rain, or
c...
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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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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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BEWARE. See (App-133) to it.
LEST. App-105.
ANY MAN. App-123.
SPOIL. Greek _sula gogeo._ Only here.
THROUGH. App-104.Colossians 2:1.
PHILOSOPHY. Greek _philosophia._ Only here.
AFTER. App-104....
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Warning against alien teachings: Christ is all for peace and life
8. _Beware_&c. Quite lit., "_See lest any one shall be your spoiler_"
_;_the positive and imminent risk being indicated by the future...
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ΒΛΈΠΕΤΕ ΜΉ … ἜΣΤΑΙ. A classical author would have
written ὁρᾶτε μή, and so St Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:15; cf.
Matthew 8:4 (|| Mark 1:44), Matthew
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_You have in Christ far more than what the false teachers promise you
and demand of you, for He is superior to all spiritual powers_
(Colossians 2:8) Be watchful not to be led astray. Many a false
tea...
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ΒΛΈΠΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991)
наблюдать, смотреть; здесь״,
"смотрите!" "внимание!". Это слово
обычно сопровождается ΜΉ и _conj._, но _ind._
ΕΣΤΑΙ в данном случае означает, что
опасност...
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BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU, &C.— _Make a spoil of you._ The
Apostle here refers to the _vain deceit_ of _Gentile,_ as well as
_Jewish philosophy._ The word rendered _rudiments,_ στοιχεια,
may undou...
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8. TAKE HEED LEST THERE SHALL BE ANY ONE THAT MAKETH SPOIL OF YOU
THROUGH HIS PHILOSOPHY AND VAIN DECEIT, AFTER THE TRADITION OF MEN,
AFTER THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD, AND NOT AFTER CHRIST:
_Translat...
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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.
'Beware ("Look" well) lest there shall be [as I...
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The Secret of Christ
23 The scope of reconciliation is not confined to mankind: it is as
broad as creation. Its proclamation was made to every creature under
heaven. It is God's loving purpose to...
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2:8 *you* (c-10) 'You' is emphatic; but the verb 'be' is in the
future, implying real present danger more than possibility....
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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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Paul is not condemning philosophy properly so called, but the empty
doctrines which the false teachers dignified by that name. SPOIL] RV
'maketh spoil of you'; the word means to lead away as prey. THE...
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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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SPOIL YOU. — Properly, _lead you away as a spoil,_ triumph over you
as a captive, and make you a slave. Comp. St. Paul’s language as to
the older Judaism at Corinth (2 Corinthians 11:20), “Ye suffer,...
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(8-15) The general exhortation of the previous verses is now
emphasised by a solemn warning against deadly speculative error. Now,
(1) _the character of that error in itself_ is described with
apparen...
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CHAPTER 2
THE BANE AND THE ANTIDOTE
Colossians 2:8 (R.V.)
WE come now to the first plain reference to the errors which were
threatening the peace of the Colossian community. Here Paul crosses
swords...
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Paul once more (previously in Colossians 2:4) begins to attack the
false teachers, but turns aside in Colossians 2:9 from the direct
attack to lay the basis for the decisive attack in Colossians 2:16-...
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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 TRADIT...
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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...
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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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Beware of Empty Deceit
Paul urged them to be constantly on their guard lest anyone take them
captive through human reasoning. The philosophers Paul is speaking of
were puffed up with their own knowled...
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(4) Beware lest any man (i) spoil you through philosophy and vain
deceit, (5) after the tradition of men, (6) after the (k) rudiments of
the world, (7) and not after Christ.
(4) He brings all corrupt...
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Let any man impose upon you. [2] In the Greek, make a prey of you, as
thieves that steal things. --- There were two sorts of false teachers
among them; they who mixed vain errors from heathen philosop...
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(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...
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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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8._Beware lest any one plunder you. _He again instructs them as to the
poison, which the antidote presented by him should be made use of to
counteract. For although this, as we have stated, is a commo...
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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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BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU,.... Or despoil you; rob you of the rich
treasure of the Gospel, strip you of your spiritual armour, take away
from you the truths and doctrines of Christ, and divest you...
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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.
Ver. 8. _Lest any man spoil you_] A metaphor eith...
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_Beware lest any man spoil you_ Μη τις υμας εσται ο
συλαγωγων, _lest there be any one who makes a prey of you;
through philosophy_ The pretended wisdom of the heathen philosophers;
_and vain deceit_ S...
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LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU; literally, make booty of you; rob you of
spiritual blessings by leading you to depend on something besides
Christ for salvation.
RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD; the Mosaic ceremonies,...
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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.
This admonition tended to be all the more effectiv...
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The apostle now builds up his admonition on this tactful premise:...
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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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Philosophy vs. Truth - 2:8-9
BEWARE LEST ANYONE CHEAT YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND EMPTY DECEIT,
ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION OF MEN, ACCORDING TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES
OF THE WORLD, AND NOT ACCORDING TO...
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RUDIMENTS:
Or, elements...
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8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable
faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the
knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a
philoso...
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BEWARE: the apostle, after his exhortation, considering their danger
from seducing spirits lying in wait to deceive by their sleight and
craftiness, 1 TIMOTHY 4:1,2, doth here reinforce and enlarge hi...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
And again, "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;...
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Colossians 2:8 Beware G991 (G5720) lest G3361 anyone G5100 cheat G2071
(G5704) G4812 (G5723) you...
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‘Watch carefully lest there shall be anyone who carries you off
captive through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of
men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For...
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Colossians 2:8. TAKE HEED. The word is usually rendered thus.
LEST THERE SHALL BE; the peculiar form of the original is thus
reproduced, marking an impending danger quite certain to come upon
them....
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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...
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TAKE HEED
(βλεπετε). Present active imperative second person plural of
βλεπω, common verb for warning like our "look out," "beware,"
"see to it."LEST THERE SHALL BE ANY ONE
(μη τις εστα). Negativ...
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WORLD
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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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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Colossians 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him:_
Do not go away from him. You have received him; keep to him. Whatever
he was to you at first, let him be that...
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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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SEE TO IT, THEN, THAT NO ONE MAKES A CAPTIVE OF YOU. By letting the
false teachers talk them into worshiping angels and saying they should
not eat meat. He says more about this in Colossians 2:16-18....
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:8 SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE TAKES YOU
CAPTIVE. “Takes you captive” translates a Greek word commonly used
of stealing a ship’s cargo. PHILOSOPHY. The Greek for this word
sug...
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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 2:7. ROOTED AND BUILT UP.—St. Paul passes over rapidly
from one conception to another of quite a different kind. We cannot
call it mixed metaphor. We commo...
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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 1:19; 1 Corinthians 15:35; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 1
Corinthians 3:18;...
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Beware [β λ ε π ε τ ε]. Lit., see to it.
Lest any man spoil you [μ η τ ι ς ε σ τ α ι υ μ α ς ο
σ υ λ α γ ω γ ω ν]. The Greek is more precise and personal :
lest there shall be any one that maketh spo...
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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...
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Through philosophy and empty deceit — That is, through the empty
deceit of philosophy blended with Christianity. This the apostle
condemns, Because it was empty and deceitful, promising happiness, but...
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Does this verse mean Christians should not study philosophy?
PROBLEM: Paul warned here, “Beware lest anyone cheat you through
philosophy and empty deceit.” Does this mean that Christians should
not st...