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Colossians 2:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

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Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;

And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.

In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders

Rules which are all to come to an end with their use after the orders and teaching of men?

These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.




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