Early Christians were admonished to reject “the philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ. ” ​ — Colossians 2: 8.
એવું જ માન બાઇબલના કેટલાક પુસ્તકો લખનાર પ્રેરિત પાઊલને પણ હતું.