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I sayλέγωthisτοῦτοso thatἵναno oneμηδεὶςmay deceiveπαραλογίζηταιyouὑμᾶςwithἐνpersuasive speech.πιθανολογίᾳ
Colossians 2:4
Study it in the app“I say this so that no one may deceive you with persuasive speech.”
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 2:4, word by word
- I sayλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- no oneμηδεὶςmēdeis
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdeis” appears- may deceiveπαραλογίζηταιparalogizētai
deceive
Deceive with false reasoning.
Where else “paralogizētai” appears- persuasive speechπιθανολογίᾳpithanologiai
persuasive words
Persuasive words, speeches that seem convincing.
Where else “pithanologiai” appears
The context
3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 · This verse (above)
5For even if I am absent in the flesh, yet in the spirit I am with you, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the firmness of your faith in the Messiah.