Colossians 2:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Colossians 2:4

2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God,¹ both of the Father and of Christ,

3 ^ain whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4 Now this I say ^alest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words.

5 For ^athough I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing¹ to see ^byour good order and the ^csteadfastness of your faith in Christ.

6 ^aAs you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

7 ^arooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding¹ in it with thanksgiving.

8 Beware lest anyone¹ cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to ^athe tradition of men, according to the ^bbasic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

9 For ^ain Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead¹ bodily;

10 and you are complete in Him, who is the ^ahead of all principality and power.

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11 In Him you were also ^acircumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by ^bputting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

12 ^aburied with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through ^bfaith in the working of God, ^cwho raised Him from the dead.

Verse Comparison: Colossians 2:4

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American Standard Version
This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

Amplified® Bible
I say this in order that no one may mislead {and} delude you by plausible {and} persuasive {and} attractive arguments {and} beguiling speech.

Contemporary English Version
I tell you these things to keep you from being fooled by fancy talk.

Darby English Version
And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.

Good News Bible
I tell you, then, do not let anyone deceive you with false arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.

International Standard Version
I say this so that no one will mislead you with nice-sounding rhetoric.

King James Version
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

New American Standard Bible
I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument.

New International Version
I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.

New King James Version
Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument.

Young's Literal Translation
and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

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