paralogizomai describes deceiving someone, whether through persuasive speech or by self-deception through hearing without doing.

The attested uses describe deception directed either toward another person through persuasive speech or toward oneself when hearing is not joined by doing.

1. Deceiving through persuasive speech · dominant

   In Colossians 2:4, the present middle subjunctive occurs in the warning that no one may be deceived; the APB renders the clause "so that no one may deceive you in persuasive speech."

   Colossians 2:4
2. Self-deception through hearing without doing · occasional

   In James 1:22, the present middle participle is attached to the contrast between doing the word and being hearers only; the APB renders this as "deceiving yourselves."

   James 1:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "deceive you" in the warning about persuasive speech in Colossians 2:4 and as "deceiving yourselves" in the contrast of James 1:22. These are translation renderings of whole clauses.