Colossians 2:8

For Reading and Meditation: Colossians 2:1-15

We are seeing the suffering and persecution we experience can be due to our own tactlessness and folly. Today I want to go a stage further, and suggest that in relation to this matter of suffering and persecution, some Christians have developed a "martyr complex". A "martyr complex" is an attitude of mind that finds...

Bible Verses: Colossians 2:1-15 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 2 Timothy 2:8-9

Truths to Live By - One Day at a Time

William MacDonald

"Be careful that nobody spoils your faith through intellectualism or high-sounding nonsense. Such stuff is at best founded on men's ideas of the nature of the world and disregards Christ!" (Colossians 2:8, Phillips)

The word which Phillips translates "intellectualism" here is the one from which we get the word "philosophy." Basically it means the love of wisdom, but then it has acquired a further meaning, namely, the search for reality and the purpose of life.

Most human philosophies are expressed in complicated, highsounding language. They are above the head of the common man. They appeal to those who like to use their intellectual powers in clothing human speculations with words that are...

Bible Verses: Colossians 2:8 Genesis 3:5 2 Corinthians 10:5

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T. Austin-Sparks

The Spiritual Condition

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,
which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather
than on Christ. (Colossians 2:8 NIV)

It is absolutely useless, dear friends, to refer to tradition and say, “Well,
God did this in the beginning, and this is the place where the oracles of...

Bible Verses: Colossians 2:8

"' you are complete in Him '" (v. 10, NKJ)

"Be careful that nobody spoils your faith through intellectualism or high-sounding nonsense. Such stuff is at best founded on men's ideas of the nature of the world and disregards Christ!" (Colossians 2:8, Phillips)

The Spiritual Condition

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