Take heed (βλεπετε). Present active imperative second person plural of βλεπω, common verb for warning like our "look out," "beware…

Beware lest any man spoil you. The word spoil now commonly means to corrupt, to cause to decay and perish, as fruit is s…

Spoil you.—Properly, to lead you away as a spoil, triumph over you as a captive, and make you a slave. Compare Paul’s lan…

Beware lest any man spoil you—

Or, "rob you."

Through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the ru…

Paul first warns against the danger of being taken captive through a false philosophy. The singular “no one” suggests that Paul may have had a part…

Beware lest any one plunder you. He again instructs them about the poison, which the antidote he presented should counteract. For although…

Beware lest any man spoil you

There is a philosophy that rightly exercises our reasonable faculties: a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God and conf…

Previously, the apostle warned the Colo ians against falling away from the faith because of deceptive language. Here, he gives the reason for this …