Colossians 2:23

Rules like these have the look of wisdom, with their worship that people choose for themselves, their self-humbling and their severe treatment of the body. Yet they are worth nothing for holding back the indulgence of the flesh.
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Treated in 7 passages across the library.

Where it is preached

  1. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Worship cites Col. ii. 23

    …iii. 3. “In vain they do worship Me.”—Matt. xv. 9. “A show of wisdom in will-worship.”—Col. ii. 23. We live in times when there is a vast quantity of public religious worship. Most English…

  2. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    A Heart on the Wrong Side cites Colossians 2:23

    …and severity to the body” but are “not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh” (Colossians 2:23, ASV). None of this condemns Hyde. His long nights were not a technique for earning God’s…

  3. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Col. 2:23

    …implied in Matt. 6:17, “But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face. Col. 2:23. Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship and humility, and neglecting…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 10 — Of the Power of Making Laws cites Col. 2:23

    …“have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body” (Col. 2:23); a most salutary admonition, of which we ought never to lose sight. Human traditions, he…

  5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 13 — Of Vows cites Col. 2:23

    …abominates all will-worship, how specious and splendid soever it be in the eyes of men (Col. 2:23). If all will-worship, which we devise without authority, is abomination to God, it…

  6. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Divers and Strange Doctrines cites Col. ii. 23

    …have a “show of wisdom,” perhaps, and give a temporary satisfaction “to the flesh.” (Col. ii. 23.) But they have no healing power about them in reality, and leave the unhappy man who…

  7. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Apostolic Fears cites Col. ii. 23

    …of wisdom” with which Ritualism is invested that makes it so dangerous to many minds. (Col. ii. 23.) It seems so good, and fair, and zealous, and holy, and reverential, and devout, and…

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