Colossians 2:4

In 9 translations

BSB

I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

KJV

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

WEB

Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

ASV

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

LSV

and this I say, that no one may deceive you with enticing words,

YLT

and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

DBY

And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.

DRC

Now this I say, that no man may deceive you by loftiness of words.

GNV

And this I say, lest any man shoulde beguile you with entising wordes:

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

τοῦτο λέγω ἵνα μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς παραλογίζηται ἐν πιθανολογίᾳ.

RP2018

Τοῦτο δὲ λέγω, ἵνα μή τις ὑμᾶς παραλογίζηται ἐν πιθανολογίᾳ.

TR-Boyd

Τοῦτο δὲ λέγω, ἵνα μή τις ὑμᾶς παραλογίζηται ἐν πιθανολογίᾳ.

SCR1894

τουτο δε λεγω ινα μη τις υμας παραλογιζηται εν πιθανολογια

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
• Matthew 24:4Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
• Romans 16:18–19For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you…
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
• Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• 1 Timothy 4:1–2Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
• 2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:11–13Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast. For such men…
• Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
• 2 Timothy 2:16But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they…
• Titus 1:10–11For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision, who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should…
• Revelation 20:3And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

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