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This I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
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Commentators explain that the danger Paul warns against is not a direct denial of the gospel, but a subtle deception. False teachers used "fine-sounding arguments" and "persuasive speech" to add human wisdom and complex speculation to the faith. As one scholar notes, they pretended to have affection for the gospel while trying to "tear the very heart out of it."
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Colossians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And this I say. Regarding the character and sufficiency of the truth revealed in Christ.
Lest any man should beguile you. …
This I say (τουτο λεγω). Paul explains why he has made this great claim for Christ at this point in his discussion.
19th Century
Anglican
Beguile you.—"To beguile" here is to reason into error; and "enticing words" are words of persuasion ra…
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Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
