Colossians 2:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς καταβραβευέτω θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ θρησκείᾳ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἃ μὴ ἑώρακεν ἐμβατεύων, εἰκῇ φυσιούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ νοὸς τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ,

Transliteration

Let no one you katabrabeuetō thelōn in tapeinophrosynē and thrēskeia of the angelōn, into things which not he has heōraken embateuōn, eikē physioumenos by the noos of the sarkos of him,

Grammar Details

• *katabrabeuetō*: present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let disqualify/rob of prize
• *thelōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - desiring/willing
• *tapeinophrosynē*: dative, feminine, singular - humility/lowliness of mind
• *thrēskeia*: dative, feminine, singular - worship/religion
• *angelōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - angels/messengers
• *heōraken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has seen
• *embateuōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - entering into/investigating
• *eikē*: adverb - vainly/without cause
• *physioumenos*: present passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being puffed up
• *noos*: genitive, masculine, singular - mind/understanding
• *sarkos*: genitive, feminine, singular - flesh

Word Meanings

• *katabrabeuetō*: disqualify/rob of prize/defraud of reward
• *thelōn*: desiring/willing/delighting in
• *tapeinophrosynē*: humility/lowliness of mind/false humility
• *thrēskeia*: worship/religion/devotion
• *angelōn*: angels/messengers
• *heōraken*: has seen/observed/experienced
• *embateuōn*: entering into/investigating/dwelling on in detail
• *eikē*: vainly/without cause/for no reason
• *physioumenos*: being puffed up/inflated/made proud
• *noos*: mind/understanding/intellect
• *sarkos*: flesh/body/human nature

Referenced Verses

• Col 2:8 : 8 Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
• Col 2:23 : 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
• 1 Tim 1:7 : 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.
• 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
• Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
• Jas 4:1-6 : 1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot {G3756} obtain: ye fight and war; {G1161} ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures. 4 Ye {G3432} {G2532} adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever {G302} therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God. 5 Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
• 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;
• 1 John 2:26 : 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.
• 1 John 4:1-2 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby {G5129} know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
• 2 John 1:7-9 : 7 For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, {G5547} the same hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting: 11 for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.
• Rev 3:11 : 11 {G2400} I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.
• Rev 13:14 : 14 And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and lived.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Rev 22:8-9 : 8 And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things. 9 And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: {G1063} I am a {G4675} fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.
• Gen 3:13 : 13 And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
• Num 25:18 : 18 for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
• Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Job 38:2 : 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
• Ps 138:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm] of David. I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
• Isa 57:9 : 9 And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.
• Ezek 13:3 : 3 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
• Dan 11:38 : 38 But in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
• Rom 1:25 : 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
• Rom 8:6-8 : 6 For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: 7 because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be: 8 and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
• Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord {G2424} Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
• 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?
• 1 Cor 4:18 : 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
• 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
• 1 Cor 8:5-6 : 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many; 6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
• 1 Cor 9:24 : 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
• 1 Cor 13:4 : 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
• 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, {G3779} your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.
• 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
• Gal 5:19-20 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]: {G3430} fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
• Phil 3:14 : 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
• Col 2:4 : 4 {G1161} This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.