Colossians 2:4 “I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.”

Colossians 2:4

I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

World English Bible

Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

American Standard Version

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

Geneva Bible 1599

And this I say, lest any man shoulde beguile you with entising wordes:

Darby Translation

And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.

Young's Literal Translation

and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

Bible in Basic English

I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

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Cross references

“lest”

1 John 4:1 Ephesians 4:14 Matthew 24:4 Mark 13:22 2 John 1:7 Acts 20:30

1 John 4:1 · BSB

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Ephesians 4:14 · BSB

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

Matthew 24:4 · BSB

Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

Mark 13:22 · BSB

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

2 John 1:7 · BSB

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Acts 20:30 · BSB

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

“enticing”

1 Corinthians 2:4

1 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB

My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

5For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

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