18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. …
Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-23)The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to proper duty, which he infers from the foregoing discourse. I. Here is a caution to take heed of judaizing teachers, or those who would impose upon Christians the yoke of the ceremonial law: Let no man therefore judge you in meat nor drink , etc., Col. 2:16. Much of the ceremonies of the law of Moses consisted in the distinction of meats and da…
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