Paul’s warning was timely: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey through 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.
Tāpēc īsti vietā bija Pāvila brīdinājums: ” Uzmaniet, ka neviens jūs nesagūsta ar savu filozofiju un tukšu maldināšanu, kas balstās uz cilvēku mācībām un pasaules pirmspēkiem, bet ne uz Kristu. ”