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Colossians 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ. Sovereign Role of Christ.

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W Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that damage the vineyards; for our vineyards are in bloom!

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners who are among you; do not listen to those among you who dream dreams,

But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,

Jesus said to them, “Look out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.

Even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion. Some asked, “What is this scavenger trying to say?” Others said, “He sounds like a promoter of foreign deities,” because he was preaching about ‘Jesus’ and ‘Resurrection.’

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We should like to hear you on this some other time.”

I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles, in opposition to the teaching that you learned; avoid them.

Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing secure should take care not to fall.

But make sure that this liberty of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.

and every pretension raising itself against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive in obedience to Christ,

and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.

In the same way we also, when we were not of age, were enslaved to the elemental powers of the world.

but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and destitute elemental powers? Do you want to be slaves to them all over again?

But if you go on biting and devouring one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.

That is not how you learned Christ,

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the disobedient.

be careful not to forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that house of slavery.

Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil-workers! Beware of the mutilation!

Let no one disqualify you, delighting in self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, inflated without reason by his fleshly mind,

If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world?

These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings.

While they have a semblance of wisdom in rigor of devotion and self-abasement [and] severity to the body, they are of no value against gratification of the flesh.

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid profane babbling and the absurdities of so-called knowledge.

But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teaching. It is good to have our hearts strengthened by grace and not by foods, which do not benefit those who live by them.

Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God.

realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold

Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard not to be led into the error of the unprincipled and to fall from your own stability.

Look to yourselves that you do not lose what we worked for but may receive a full recompense.




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