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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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Beware		Deu 6:12; Mat 7:15; Mat 10:17; Mat 16:6; Phl 3:2; 2Pe 3:17
spoil		Col 2:18; Sgs 2:15; Jer 29:8; Rom 16:17; Eph 5:6; Hbr 13:9; 2Jo 1:8
philosophy		Act 17:18,32; Rom 1:21,22; 1Cr 1:19-23; 1Cr 3:18,19; 1Cr 15:35,36; 2Cr 10:5; *Gr:; 1Ti 6:20; 2Ti 2:17,18; 2Ti 3:13
after the tradition		Col 2:22; Mat 15:2-9; Mar 7:3-13; Gal 1:14; 1Pe 1:18
the rudiments		or, the elements. Col 2:20; Gal 4:3,9; Eph 2:2
after Christ		Eph 4:20

Correlating Passages

Beware

	Deu 6:12	[Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
	Mat 7:15	Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
	Mat 10:17	But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
	Mat 16:6	Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
	Phl 3:2	Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
	2Pe 3:17	Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know [these things] before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

spoil

	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,
	Sgs 2:15	Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
	Jer 29:8	For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
	Rom 16:17	Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
	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.
	Hbr 13:9	Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
	2Jo 1:8	Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

philosophy

	Act 17:18	Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
	Act 17:32	And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter].
	Rom 1:21	Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
	Rom 1:22	Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
	1Cr 1:19	For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
	1Cr 1:20	Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
	1Cr 1:21	For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
	1Cr 1:22	For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
	1Cr 1:23	But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
	1Cr 3:18	Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
	1Cr 3:19	For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
	1Cr 15:35	But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
	1Cr 15:36	[Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
	2Cr 10:5	Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
	1Ti 6:20	O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
	2Ti 2:17	And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
	2Ti 2:18	Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
	2Ti 3:13	But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

after the tradition

	Col 2:22	Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
	Mat 15:2	Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
	Mat 15:3	But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
	Mat 15:4	For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
	Mat 15:5	But ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
	Mat 15:6	And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
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	Mar 7:3	For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
	Mar 7:4	And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
	Mar 7:5	Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
	Mar 7:6	He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.
	Mar 7:7	Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
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	Gal 1:14	And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
	1Pe 1:18	Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;

the rudiments

	Col 2:20	Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
	Gal 4:3	Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
	Gal 4:9	But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
	Eph 2:2	Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

after Christ

Eph 4:20

But ye have not so learned Christ;

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Scott, Thomas. "Colossians 2:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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