12 He who is (A)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (B)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and (C)scatters them.

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See to it that no one takes you captive by (A)philosophy and (B)empty deceit, according to (C)human tradition, according to the (D)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20

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