Colossians 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
Colossians 2:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Colossians 2:827 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Colossians 2:8
“Take heed lest there shall be any one that makes spoil of you.” Do you see how he shows him to be a thief, and an alien, and one that enters in softly? For he has already represented him to be entering in. “Beware.” And he well said “makes spoil.” As one digging away a mound from underneath, may give no perceptible sign, yet it gradually settles, so do you also beware; for this is his main point, not even to let himself be perceived. As if some one were robbing every day,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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