Colossians 2:8
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
στοιχεῖον
principles
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στοιχεῖον
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
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παράδοσις
tradition
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παράδοσις
A tradition, what is handed down. Paul passed on what he received. The Gospel is not invented by each generation. It is received and passed on.
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κενός
empty
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κενός
Empty, vain, without purpose. Do not receive the grace of God in vain. God's grace in your life should produce transformation not complacency.
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κόσμος
world
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κόσμος
The world, the ordered universe. God so loved the kosmos. He loves what He made and He is working to redeem every part of it.
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συλαγωγέω
is taking captive
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συλαγωγέω
to lead away as booty, i.e. (figuratively) seduce
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φιλοσοφία
philosophy
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φιλοσοφία
"philosophy", i.e. (specially), Jewish sophistry
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εἰμί
there will be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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τὶς
anyone
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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