Colossians 2:4
2 that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
5 For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
6 Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
- KJV
- And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
- WEB
- Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
- ASV
- This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
- DARBY
- And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.
- BLB
- I say this so that no one may delude you⁺ by persuasive speech.
- ÅB
- Dette sier jeg for at ingen skal dåre dere ved lokkende tale.
- OTB
- Jeg sier dette for at ingen skal bedra dere med overtalende argumenter.
- B1930
- Dette sier jeg forat ingen skal dåre eder ved lokkende tale.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:1
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.
Read in contextEphesians 4:14
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.
Read in contextRomans 16:18–19
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.
Read in contextMatthew 24:4
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
Read in context2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Read in contextMark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:13
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Read in contextEphesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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