Colossians 2:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

Beware of anyone getting hold of you by means of a theosophy which is specious make-believe, on the lines of human tradition, corresponding to the Elemental spirits of the world and not to Christ.

Cross References

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timotheus, keep the securities of the faith intact: avoid the profane jargon and contradictions of what is falsely called 'Knowledge.'

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with specious arguments; these are the vices that bring down God's anger on the sons of disobedience.

Matthew 7:15

Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

Galatians 4:9

but now that you know God — or rather, are known by God — how is it you are turning back again to the weakness and poverty of the Elemental spirits? Why do you want to be enslaved all over again by them?

Colossians 2:20

As you died with Christ to the Elemental spirits of the world, why live as if you still belonged to the world? Why submit to rules and regulations like

2 Timothy 3:13

Bad characters and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves;

2 Peter 3:17

Now, beloved, you are forewarned: mind you are not carried away by the error of the lawless and so lose your proper footing;

Hebrews 13:9

Never let yourselves be carried away with a variety of novel doctrines; for the right thing is to have one's heart strengthened by grace, not by the eating of food — that has never been any use to those who have had recourse to it.

2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves; you must not lose what you have been working for, but gain a full reward.

Galatians 4:3

So with us. When we were under age, we lived under the thraldom of the Elemental spirits of the world;

2 Corinthians 10:5

I demolish theories and any rampart thrown up to resist the knowledge of God, I take every project prisoner to make it obey Christ,

Colossians 2:18

Let no one lay down rules for you as he pleases, with regard to fasting and the cult of angels, presuming on his visions and inflated by his sensuous notions,

1 Peter 1:18

you know it was not by perishable silver or gold that you were ransomed from the futile traditions of your past,

Romans 16:17

Brothers, I beg of you to keep your eye on those who stir up dissensions and put hindrances in your way, contrary to the doctrine which you have been taught. Avoid them.

Ephesians 4:20

That is not how you have understood the meaning of Christ

Galatians 1:14

and how I outstripped many of my own age and race in my special ardour for the ancestral traditions of my house.

Philippians 3:2

Beware of these dogs, these wicked workmen, the incision-party!

Matthew 16:6

Jesus said to them, "See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Matthew 10:17

Beware of men, they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues,

Colossians 2:22

referring to things that perish by being used? These rules are determined by human precepts and tenets;

Ephesians 2:2

in which you moved as you followed the course of this world, under the sway of the prince of the air — the spirit which is at present active within those sons of disobedience

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also came across him. Some said, "Whatever does the fellow mean with his scraps of learning'?" Others said, "He looks like a herald of foreign deities" (this was because he preached 'Jesus' and 'the Resurrection').

Acts 17:32

But on hearing of a 'resurrection of dead men,' some sneered, while others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

1 Corinthians 8:9

But see that the exercise of your right does not prove any stumbling-block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So let anyone who thinks he stands secure, take care in case he falls.

Galatians 5:15

(whereas, if you snap at each other and prey upon each other, take care in case you destroy one another).

Colossians 2:23

they get the name of 'wisdom' with their self-imposed devotions, with their fasting, with their rigorous discipline of the body, but they are of no value, they simply pamper the flesh!

Hebrews 3:12

Brothers, take care in case there is a wicked, unbelieving heart in any of you, moving you to apostatize from the living God.