Col 2:8, 16-19 | ESV | STEP | See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit , according to human tradition , according to the elemental spirits of the world , and not according to Christ .

Colossians 2:8

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by ^aphilosophy and ^bempty deceit, according to ^chuman tradition, according to the ^delemental spirits ^{▼▼Or elementary principles; also verse 20} of the world, and not according to Christ.

Colossians 2:16-19

Let No One Disqualify You

16 Therefore let no one ^fpass judgment on you ^gin questions of food and drink, or with regard to ^ha festival or ⁱa new moon or a Sabbath. 17 ^jThese are a shadow of the things to come, but ^kthe substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one ^ldisqualify you, ^minsisting on asceticism and worship of angels, ⁿgoing on in detail about visions, ^{▼▼Or about the things he has seen} ^ppuffed up without reason by ^qhis sensuous mind, 19 and ^rnot ^sholding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.