Verse 8

Colossians 2:8

American Standard Version

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:
Original Language Text
greek
Βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου καὶ οὐ κατὰ Χριστόν·
English Translation
See that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental things of the world and not according to Christ.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
1 For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as... Focus ↗
2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the ful... Focus ↗
3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden. Focus ↗
4 This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech. Focus ↗
5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your orde... Focus ↗
6 As therefore ye received Christ Yashua (Jesus) the Lord, [so] walk in him, Focus ↗
7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in th... Focus ↗
8 Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain decei...
9 for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, Focus ↗
10 and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power: Focus ↗
11 in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the... Focus ↗
12 having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the wo... Focus ↗
13 And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did... Focus ↗
14 having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and... Focus ↗
15 having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over t... Focus ↗
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a... Focus ↗
17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ`s. Focus ↗
18 Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in... Focus ↗
19 and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the... Focus ↗
20 If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye su... Focus ↗
21 Handle not, nor taste, nor touch Focus ↗
22 (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men? Focus ↗
23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [... Focus ↗