8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world rather than on Christ.

Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly.

8 你 们 要 谨 慎 ， 恐 怕 有 人 用 他 的 理 学 和 虚 空 的 妄 言 ， 不 照 着 基 督 ， 乃 照 人 间 的 遗 传 和 世 上 的 小 学 就 把 你 们 掳 去 。