Study it in the app“Watch out that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of human beings, according to the elements of the world and not according to the Messiah;”
Watch outΒλέπετεthatμήno oneτιςtakes you captiveὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶνthroughδιὰphilosophyτῆς φιλοσοφίαςandκαὶemptyκενῆςdeceit,ἀπάτηςaccording toκατὰthe traditionτὴν παράδοσινof human beings,τῶν ἀνθρώπωνaccording toκατὰthe elementsτὰ στοιχεῖαof the worldτοῦ κόσμουandκαὶnotοὐaccording toκατὰthe Messiah;Χριστόν
beware
To beware of something.
Where else “Blepete” appearsthere is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “estai” appearstake captive
Carry off captive, like plunder of war.
Where else “sylagōgōn” appearsphilosophy
Philosophy: love of wisdom; systems of human thought.
Where else “philosophias” appearsvain
Of no use at all.
Where else “kenēs” appearsdeceit
Deceit, seduction.
Where else “apatēs” appearstradition
Tradition: what is handed down from one generation to the next, such as the rules of the Jewish teachers.
Where else “paradosin” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appearsbasic principles
The first basics of a teaching; the world's enslaving powers.
Where else “stoicheia” appearsworld of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmou” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears7rooted and being built up in him and being strengthened in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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9because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,
