Note 30 at Col. 2:18: The wording of verse 18 has led some people to think that Paul is advocating this "voluntary humility and worshipping of angels" but he is not. You could say it this way, "Don't let any man deceive you into thinking that you are going to lose a reward if you don't practice self denial or worship angels."

In scripture, angels always refused worship and told people to worship God alone (Rev. 19:10; 22:8-9). Therefore, worshiping of angels is forbidden in the Bible. And although humility is a godly thing, verse 23 further expands on what Paul is speaking against, showing this to be a false humility that is nothing more than just asceticism (see note 35 at v. 23, p. 1204).

Note 31 at Col. 2:18: The people Paul was speaking against were saying things that were not revealed in God's Word. The same thing happens today and many people fall prey to that type of thinking because "there isn't anything in scripture that says it's wrong." It would be impossible for the scripture to mention every possible perversion that the devil could think up. We should limit our beliefs to what scripture reveals and let the other things go. They are not essential. Anyone who does otherwise is "intruding into those things which he hath not seen" and only a person who is "puffed up" in his own opinion would do that.