King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Rudiments
CategoryArchaic Word / Theological Term
Modern Equivalentbasic principles; elementary teachings; the elementary spirits of the world.
KJV Word TypeNoun (plural)
DefinitionThe basic, foundational elements or first principles of something. Paul uses the term (Greek: stoicheia) in a theologically loaded way to describe the "rudiments of the world" — the elementary religious regulations and cosmic powers from which Christ has set believers free. It appears in Galatians and Colossians.
Key Verses"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." (Colossians 2:8)