And this I say. Regarding the character and sufficiency of the truth revealed in Christ.

Lest any man should beguile you. …

Beguile you.—"To beguile" here is to reason into error; and "enticing words" are words of persuasion ra…

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4)

Christ was hid…

Paul now expresses the reason for his anxious concern. His words in vv.1–3 have been written so that the Colossian errorists will not “deceive” (GK…

This I say, that no man may deceive you. Since human contrivances (as we will see later) have an appearance of wisdom, the minds of the go…

And this I say That he had such a conflict for them, and had told them of his care and fear on their account, and had sig…

The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. It prospers when we not only believe with the heart but are ready, w…

Previously, Paul commended the condition of those who believe—that is, their state of grace and its Author, Christ. Here, he protects them from wha…