Colossians 2:18

Translations

Modern

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

Traditional

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,

Literal

Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, going into what he has seen, vainly being puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

Latin

Nemo vos seducat, volens in humilitate, et religione angelorum, quæ non vidit ambulans, frustra inflatus sensu carnis suæ,

Original

Greek

English

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

Notes

Colossians 2:18

the worship of angels: People in the first century were very interested in spiritual beings. Some Jews believed that angels were present with them during their times of worship, and some people might even have prayed to angels or worshiped them directly.
The false teachers claimed to have had visions that made certain ceremonies necessary for the community.

Colossians 2:16–23

Paul rejects the false teachers and their demands, explaining that their ideas come from human teachings (see 2:8). They advocated various rules of conduct that had no basis in Christ.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Angels Circumcision in the New Testament Early Christian Heresies Legalism Living for Christ The Church as a Living, Active Body

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