Acts 20:29
20:29 I know that after I am gone
fierce wolves
will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Colossians 2:18-23
2:18 Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths
about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
2:19 He has not held fast
to the head from whom the whole body, supported
and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
2:21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”
2:22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.
2:23 Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body – a wisdom with no true value – they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.
Colossians 2:2
2:2 My goal is that
their hearts, having been knit together
in love, may be encouraged, and that
they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Colossians 2:17-18
2:17 these are only
the shadow of the things to come, but the reality
is Christ!
2:18 Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths
about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
Colossians 2:1
2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.
Colossians 2:18
2:18 Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths
about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
Colossians 4:3
4:3 At the same time pray
for us too, that
God may open a door for the message
so that we may proclaim
the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.