Colossians 2:18 Cross References
Colossians 2:18
18: Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on self-denial. And don't let anyone say you must worship angels, even though they say they have had visions about this. These people claim to be so humble, but their sinful minds have made them proud.
Colossians 2:8
- Don't let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ.
Colossians 2:23
- These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, humility, and severe bodily discipline. But they have no effect when it comes to conquering a person's evil thoughts and desires.
1 John 4:1
- Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.
- This is the way to find out if they have the Spirit of God: If a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ became a human being, that person has the Spirit of God.
Revelation 22:8
- I, John, am the one who saw and heard all these things. And when I saw and heard these things, I fell down to worship the angel who showed them to me.
- But again he said, "No, don't worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey what is written in this scroll. Worship God!"
1 Timothy 1:7
- They want to be known as teachers of the law of Moses, but they don't know what they are talking about, even though they seem so confident.
James 3:14
- But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your hearts, don't brag about being wise. That is the worst kind of lie.
- For jealousy and selfishness are not God's kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil.
- For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil.
2 John 1:7
- Many deceivers have gone out into the world. They do not believe that Jesus Christ came to earth in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.
- Watch out, so that you do not lose the prize for which we have been working so hard. Be diligent so that you will receive your full reward.
- For if you wander beyond the teaching of Christ, you will not have fellowship with God. But if you continue in the teaching of Christ, you will have fellowship with both the Father and the Son.
- If someone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don't invite him into your house or encourage him in any way.
- Anyone who encourages him becomes a partner in his evil work.
1 Timothy 4:1
- Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons.
Matthew 24:24
- For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.
Romans 1:25
- Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.
Daniel 11:38
- Instead of these, he will worship the god of fortresses--a god his ancestors never knew--and lavish on him gold, silver, precious stones, and costly gifts.
Genesis 3:13
- Then the LORD God asked the woman, "How could you do such a thing?The serpent tricked me," she replied. "That's why I ate it."
1 John 2:26
- I have written these things to you because you need to be aware of those who want to lead you astray.
Numbers 25:18
- because they assaulted you with deceit by tricking you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague at Peor."
1 Corinthians 8:5
- According to some people, there are many so-called gods and many lords, both in heaven and on earth.
- But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we exist for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.
2 Corinthians 11:3
- But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent.
1 Corinthians 8:1
- Now let's talk about food that has been sacrificed to idols. You think that everyone should agree with your perfect knowledge. While knowledge may make us feel important, it is love that really builds up the church.
Ezekiel 13:3
- This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Destruction is certain for the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!
Colossians 2:4
- I am telling you this so that no one will be able to deceive you with persuasive arguments.
Revelation 19:10
- Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, "No, don't worship me. For I am a servant of God, just like you and other brothers and sisters who testify of their faith in Jesus. Worship God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus. "
Revelation 13:8
- And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb who was killed before the world was made.
Galatians 5:19
- When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,
- idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group,
2 Corinthians 12:20
- For I am afraid that when I come to visit you I won't like what I find, and then you won't like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfishness, backstabbing, gossip, conceit, and disorderly behavior.
Ephesians 5:6
- Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of God comes upon all those who disobey him.
James 4:1
- What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Isn't it the whole army of evil desires at war within you?
- You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous for what others have, and you can't possess it, so you fight and quarrel to take it away from them. And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it.
- And even when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong--you want only what will give you pleasure.
- You adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with this world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again, that if your aim is to enjoy this world, you can't be a friend of God.
- What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, jealously longs for us to be faithful?
Romans 8:6
- If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.
- For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will.
- That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
Romans 16:18
- Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.
Revelation 12:9
- This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
2 Peter 2:14
- They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.
Isaiah 57:9
- You have given olive oil and perfume to Molech as your gift. You have traveled far, even into the world of the dead, to find new gods to love.
Psalms 138:1
- I give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods.
- I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I will give thanks to your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness, because your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.
Revelation 3:11
- Look, I am coming quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.
Job 38:2
- "Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?
1 Corinthians 4:18
- I know that some of you have become arrogant, thinking I will never visit you again.
Philippians 3:14
- I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.
1 Corinthians 3:3
- for you are still controlled by your own sinful desires. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn't that prove you are controlled by your own desires? You are acting like people who don't belong to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:4
- Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
Revelation 13:14
- And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.
1 Corinthians 9:24
- Remember that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize. You also must run in such a way that you will win.
Deuteronomy 29:29
- "There are secret things that belong to the LORD our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we may obey these words of the law.