Col 2:18 | MHM | STEP | v. 18 : Paul also warns, Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels (Colossians 2:18 ). Some people claimed that it was too bold to approach God directly, so they encouraged the worship of angels as mediators. This might look like humility, but it is not what God commands. In fact, it takes away the honor that belongs to Jesus alone, who is the only mediator between God and people (1 Timothy 2:5 ). Paul says such ideas are just human inventions, based on pride and a desire to seem wise. People who teach these things are "intruding into things they have not seen" and are "vainly puffed up by their fleshly mind." They act as if they know about angels and spiritual things that God has not revealed, but really, they are just making things up to appear important.

‏ Colossians 2:18

v. 18: Paul also warns, Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels (Colossians 2:18 ^a). Some people claimed that it was too bold to approach God directly, so they encouraged the worship of angels as mediators. This might look like humility, but it is not what God commands. In fact, it takes away the honor that belongs to Jesus alone, who is the only mediator between God and people (1 Timothy 2:5 ^b). Paul says such ideas are just human inventions, based on pride and a desire to seem wise. People who teach these things are "intruding into things they have not seen" and are "vainly puffed up by their fleshly mind." They act as if they know about angels and spiritual things that God has not revealed, but really, they are just making things up to appear important.