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Colossians 2:8

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Beware: Deuteronomy 6:12; Matthew 7:15, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 16:6; Philippians 3:2; 2 Peter 3:17

spoil: Colossians 2:18; Song of Solomon 2:15; Jeremiah 29:8; Romans 16:17; Ephesians 5:6; Hebrews 13:9; 2 John 1:8

philosophy: Acts 17:18, Acts 17:32; Romans 1:21-22; 1 Corinthians 1:19-23, 1 Corinthians 3:18-19, 1 Corinthians 15:35-36; 2 Corinthians 10:5 *Gr: 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:17-18, 2 Timothy 3:13

after the tradition: Colossians 2:22; Matthew 15:2-9; Mark 7:3-13; Galatians 1:14; 1 Peter 1:18

the rudiments: or, the elements, Colossians 2:20; Galatians 4:3, Galatians 4:9; Ephesians 2:2

after Christ: Ephesians 4:20

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