[Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with] … their false humility …
Summary: Three little words set us to wonder about the ways some people try to manipulate the beliefs of others.
Why would Paul rail against false humility?
Let’s take a second look at his sentence structure. He wants us to know the “appearance of wisdom” is created by things like “self-imposed worship” and “false humility.”
On its own, false humility is offensive. For one thing, it is pretentious. The fact that it is “false” humility means it is not real.
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