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NASB | Colossians 2:8 ¶ See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:8 ¶ See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth--the teachings of] Christ. |
Subject: A Philosophy According to Christ |
Bible Note: This verse is misquoted to say let no one take you captive through philosophy, but Paul doesn't say that. He says philosophy... according to the tradition of men, etc., rather than according to Christ. So there can be a philosophy according to Christ, a philosophy as Paul says that takes every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. In the nineteenth century Christian thinkers called this philosophy Christian theism. Today they call it a Christian or Biblical world and life view. The objective is the same, to see and interpret all of life, every endevor of human interest, occupation and study, from the perspective of God's revelation to Man, the Holy Scritures, and to bring all of life under the lordship of Christ. |