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Colossians 2:4 KJV
Colossians · chapter 2 · verse 4
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.Colossians 2:4 · King James Version
Colossians 2:4 in context
2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beguileparalogizomaito reckon wrong, miscount, to cheat by false reckoning, to deceive by false reasoning, to…G3884 →
- lesthina mēlest, that... notG3363 →
- saylegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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The apostle cautions the Colossians against deceivers (Col 2:4): And this I say lest any man beguile you with enticing words; and Col 2:8, Lest any man spoil you.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-12