- Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, not according to Christ. (Col 2:8)
1 Tim 6:20, Eph 5:6, Mt 15:2, Col 2:20, Gal 4:3,
The world is deceiving us with philosophy and vain deceit to keep us from following Christ. We must not be deceived by this deceit, but follow Christ alone.
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.
1 Tim 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
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.
Mt 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
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: