Colossians 1:14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: WE HAVE - `we are having.' REDEMPTION, [ teen (G3588)] - 'the redemption.' THROUGH HIS BLOOD. So Irenaeus. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A B C G g, Vulgate. Probably inserted from Ephesians 1:7. SINS, [ ton (G3588) hamartioon (G266)] - 'our sins.' The more general term; for which Ephesians 1:7 has the special, 'our transgressions' [ ton (G35...

14._In whom we have redemption. _He now proceeds to set forth in order, that all parts of our salvation are contained in Christ, and that he alone ought to shine forth, and to be seen conspicuous above all creatures, inasmuch as he is the beginning and end of all things. In the _first _place, he says that we have _redemption _(300) and immediately explains it as meaning the _remission of sins_; for these two things agree together by _apposition _(301) For, unquestionably, when God remits our transgressions, he exempts us from condemnation to eternal death. This is our liberty, this our glorying in the face of death — that our sins are not imputed to us. He says that this redemption was procured through the _blood of Christ_, for by the sacrifice of his death all the sins of the world have been expiated. Let us, therefore, bear in mind, that this is t

9-14 The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words will not do without good works. He who undertakes to give strength to his people, is a God of power, and of glorious power. The blessed Spirit is the author of this. In praying for spiritual strength, we are not straitened, or confined in the promises, and should not be so in our hopes and desires. The grace of God in the hearts of believers is the power of God; and there is glory in this power. The special use of this strength was for sufferings. There is work to be done, even when we are suffering. Amidst all their trials they gave thanks to the Father of our Lord Jesus, whose special grace fitted them to partake of the inheritance provided for the saints. To bring about this change, those were made willing subjects of Christ, who were slaves of Satan...

Verse 14. _IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION_] Who has paid down the redemption price, even his own blood, that our sins might be cancelled, and we made fit to be partakers of the inheritance among the saints in light. The clause, δια του αιματος αυτου, _Through his blood_, is omitted by ABCDEFG, and by most others of weight and importance; by the _Syriac, Arabic_ of Erpen, _Coptic, AEthiopic, Sahidic_, some copies of the _Vulgate_ and by the _Itala_; and by most of the _Greek fathers._ Griesbach has left it out of the text. It is likely that the reading here is _not genuine_; yet that we have redemption any other way than through the sacrifice of Christ, the Scriptures declare not. The same phrase is used Ephesians 1:7, where there is no _various_ reading in any of the MSS., _versions_, or _fathers_....

IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION; - See this explained in the notes at Ephesians 1:7. The passage here proves that we obtain forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ; but it does not prove that this is all that we obtain through that blood....

EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 1:1 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION. The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a _salutation _(Colossians 1:1, Colossians 1:2), followed by _thanksgiving _(Colossians 1:3) and _prayer _(Colossians 1:9). Only in 2 Thessalonians, however, outside of the Epistles of this group, do we find a formal opening prayer. The _salutation _agrees closely with that of Ephesians....

IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION,.... Which is an excellent and wonderful blessing of grace saints have in and by Christ; and lies in a deliverance from sin, all sin, original and actual, under which they are held captive, in a state of nature, and by which they are made subject to the punishment of death; but through the sacrifice of Christ it is taken, and put away, finished, and made an end of; and they are freed from the damning power of it, or any obligation to punishment for it; and in consequence of this are delivered from the enslaving governing power of it by his grace and Spirit, and will hereafter be entirely rid of the very being of it: it consists also of a deliverance from the law, the curse and bondage of it, under which they are held on account of sin, the transgression of it; but being delivered from sin, they are also from the law, its accusations, charges, menaces, curses, a...

Colossians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ._ Kindness is the very breath of Christianity, so the apostle will not begin the subject matter of his letter until first of all he has breathed out a benediction upon those to whom he writes. Colossians 1:3. _We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,_ Paul very graciously blends his giving of thanks and his constant prayer for these Christians at Colosse, and therein sets us an example that we may well imitate....

REDEMPTION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _...

COLOSSIANS 1:14 avpolu,trwsin {A} The Textus Receptus, following several secondary witnesses, interpolates from Ephesians 1:7 the words dia. tou/ ai[matoj auvtou/. If the phrase had been present originally, there would have been no reason for scribes to omit it....