Colossians 2:18

“Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and the worship of angels, entering into what he has seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his flesh,”

Colossians 2:18 · direct translation from the Greek
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Colossians 2:18, word by word

Let no oneμηδεὶςmēdeis

no one, nothing

No one, nothing.

Where else “mēdeis” appears
disqualifyκαταβραβευέτωkatabrabeuetō

disqualify

Disqualify, take away the prize like an unjust judge.

Where else “katabrabeuetō” appears
delightingθέλωνthelōn

delight in

To be ready, or to delight in: "mercy is what I want".

Where else “thelōn” appears
humilityταπεινοφροσύνῃtapeinophrosynēi

humility

Humility: not thinking of oneself more highly than is right.

Where else “tapeinophrosynēi” appears
the worshipθρησκείᾳthrēskeiai

religion, worship

Religion, worship: the outward way of serving God.

Where else “thrēskeiai” appears
of angelsἀγγέλωνangelōn

angel

A messenger from heaven who serves God.

Where else “angelōn” appears
entering intoἐμβατεύωνembateuōn

go into, dwell on

Go into something, enter in.

Where else “embateuōn” appears
he has seenἑόρακενheoraken

see

To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.

Where else “heoraken” appears
puffed upφυσιούμενοςphysioumenos

puff up

Puff up; be puffed up with pride.

Where else “physioumenos” appears
without reasonεἰκῇeikēi

in vain, without cause

In vain, to no purpose; also without cause.

Where else “eikēi” appears
the mindνοὸςnoos

mind

The capacity to think, judge and understand in each person.

Where else “noos” appears
of his fleshσαρκὸςsarkos

sinful nature

The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.

Where else “sarkos” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

“Delighting in”: a Hebrew expression in Greek. Many manuscripts read “in what he has not seen.”

The context

17which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body belongs to the Messiah.

18 · This verse (above)

19and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supplied and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.

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