BLB Col 2

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Col 2:18 — Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

no		Col 2:4,8; Gen 3:13; Num 25:18; Mat 24:24; Rom 16:18; 2Cr 11:3; Eph 5:6; 2Pe 2:14; 1Jo 2:26; 1Jo 4:1,2; 2Jo 1:7-11; Rev 3:11; Rev 12:9; Rev 13:8,14
beguile you		or, judge against you. Col 2:16.
in a voluntary humility		Gr. being a voluntary in humility. Col 2:23; Isa 57:9
worshipping		Dan 11:38; Heb:; Rom 1:25; 1Cr 8:5,6; 1Ti 4:1; Gr:; Rev 19:10; Rev 22:8,9
intruding		Deu 29:29; Job 38:2; Psa 138:1,2; Eze 13:3; 1Ti 1:7
vainly		Col 2:8; 1Cr 4:18; 1Cr 8:1; 1Cr 13:4
fleshly		Rom 8:6-8; 1Cr 3:3; 2Cr 12:20; Gal 5:19,20; Jam 3:14-16; Jam 4:1-6

Correlating Passages

	Col 2:4	And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
	Col 2:8	Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
	Gen 3:13	And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
	Num 25:18	For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
	Mat 24:24	For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
	Rom 16:18	For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
	2Cr 11:3	But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
	Eph 5:6	Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
	2Pe 2:14	Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
	1Jo 2:26	These [things] have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
	1Jo 4:1	Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
	1Jo 4:2	Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
	2Jo 1:7	For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
	2Jo 1:8	Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
	2Jo 1:9	Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
	2Jo 1:10	If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:
	2Jo 1:11	For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
	Rev 3:11	Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
	Rev 12:9	And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
	Rev 13:8	And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
	Rev 13:14	And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

beguile you

Col 2:16

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:

in a voluntary humility

	Col 2:23	Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
	Isa 57:9	And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase [thyself even] unto hell.

worshipping

	Dan 11:38	But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
	Rom 1:25	Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
	1Cr 8:5	For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
	1Cr 8:6	But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.
	1Ti 4:1	Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
	Rev 19:10	And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
	Rev 22:8	And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
	Rev 22:9	Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

intruding

	Deu 29:29	The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.
	Job 38:2	Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
	Psa 138:1	[[[A Psalm] of David.]] I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
	Psa 138:2	I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
	Eze 13:3	Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
	1Ti 1:7	Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

vainly

	Col 2:8	Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
	1Cr 4:18	Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
	1Cr 8:1	Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
	1Cr 13:4	Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

fleshly

	Rom 8:6	For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.
	Rom 8:7	Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
	Rom 8:8	So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
	1Cr 3:3	For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
	2Cr 12:20	For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
	Gal 5:19	Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
	Gal 5:20	Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
	Jam 3:14	But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
	Jam 3:15	This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.
	Jam 3:16	For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.
	Jam 4:1	From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?
	Jam 4:2	Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
	Jam 4:3	Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
	Jam 4:4	Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.