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Colossians 2:4

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And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
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  1. 1 John 4:1Rank 1 from verse 4
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    1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

  2. Ephesians 4:14Rank 2 from verse 4
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    14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

  3. Matthew 24:4Rank 3 from verse 4
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    4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

  4. Romans 16:18–19Rank 4 from verse 4
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    18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

    19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

  5. 2 John 1:7Rank 5 from verse 4
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    7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

  6. Mark 13:22Rank 6 from verse 4
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    22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

  7. 1 Timothy 4:1–2Rank 7 from verse 4
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    1NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

    2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

  8. 2 Corinthians 11:11–13Rank 8 from verse 4
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    11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

    12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

    13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

  9. 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11Rank 9 from verse 4
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    9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

  10. 2 Timothy 2:16Rank 10 from verse 4
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    16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

  11. 2 Timothy 3:13Rank 11 from verse 4
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    13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

  12. Acts 20:30Rank 12 from verse 4
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    30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

  13. Ephesians 5:6Rank 13 from verse 4
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    6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  14. Revelation 20:8Rank 14 from verse 4
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    8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

  15. Titus 1:10–11Rank 15 from verse 4
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    10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

    11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

  16. 1 Corinthians 2:4Rank 16 from verse 4
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    4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

  17. 1 John 2:18Rank 17 from verse 4
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    18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

  18. 1 John 2:26Rank 18 from verse 4
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    26These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

  19. 1 Peter 2:1–3Rank 19 from verse 4
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

    3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

  20. 2 Corinthians 11:3Rank 20 from verse 4
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    3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  21. Colossians 2:18Rank 21 from verse 4
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    18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

  22. Colossians 2:8Rank 22 from verse 4
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    8Beware 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.

  23. Galatians 2:4Rank 23 from verse 4
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    4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

  24. Matthew 24:24Rank 24 from verse 4
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    24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

  25. Revelation 12:9Rank 25 from verse 4
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    9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  26. Revelation 13:8Rank 26 from verse 4
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    8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  27. Revelation 20:3Rank 27 from verse 4
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    3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

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Colossians 2:4

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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COMBINED MEANING

beguile

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1. To deceive or mislead. 2. To deprive or defraud by deceptive means.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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enticing

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of entice, meaning to attract, allure, or draw by exciting desire or hope, especially toward wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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2:1FOR I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

2:2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

2:3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

2:4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

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2:5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

2:7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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