You misinterpret the passage. In fact, Paul quotes pagan philosophers several times in his epistles.
Are you aware that all the planets in our so called solar system are named after pagan deities.
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The final description, κατὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου (“according to the elemental forces of the cosmos”), is also enigmatic and has spawned a huge debate (see bibliography in G. Delling, TDNT 7.670; Bandstra, Law 5–30; Schweizer, “Elemente” 147–48; O’Brien, Colossians, Philemon 129–32; Sappington 164–68). The basic meaning of στοιχεῖον is “element,” and here, where the immediate context is dominated by cosmic categories (2:9–10, 15), the most obvious reference in the full phrase is to the elemental substances of which the cosmos was thought to be composed (earth, water, air, and fire—as the term is used in Wis. 7:17 and 2 Pet. 3:10, 12), by far the most common usage in literature prior to Paul. However, as Philo knew well, these substances could be understood (mythologized or personified) as spirits or given the names of deities (De vita contemplativa 3; De decalogo 53). “The divinization of the elements was a commonplace in the whole Graeco-Roman period” (Wink 74).
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Also, in your reply to Jack, you are assuming that those who do not believe the earth is round are not educated. Many of the early church Fathers rejected the idea of the antipodes and even Luther and Calvin had reservations, Augustine did not believe it either, The bible is clear that the earth is fixed and immovable. We are not spinning through the universe as you imagine, we are stationary, up is up and down is down.
Please Research Flat Earth.
