George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Colossians 1:9
In all wisdom. He begins by an admonition against false teachers, who it is likely, says St. John Chrysostom, with their philosophical notions mixed errors and fables. (Witham)
In all wisdom. He begins by an admonition against false teachers, who it is likely, says St. John Chrysostom, with their philosophical notions mixed errors and fables. (Witham)
Verse 9. _FOR THIS CAUSE_] See on Ephesians 1:15(note), where the same sentiment occurs. _THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED_] Nothing could satisfy the apostle, either for himself or his hearers, but the fuln...
DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU - Colossians 1:3. The progress which they had already made, and the love which they had shown, constituted an encouragement for prayer, and a reason why higher blessings s...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE PERSON OF CHRIST, His GLORY AND His WORK CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Colossians 1:1)_ 2. The prayer (Colossians 1:9) 3. The person and glory of Christ, Head o...
A PARAGRAPH OF PRAYER. Paul reciprocates their prayers for him. He constantly offers petition on their behalf since first he heard of them. He desires for them (_a)_ fulness of knowledge to discern th...
CHRISTIAN GREETINGS (Colossians 1:1) _ 1:1 This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and from Timothy, the brother, to the dedicated people of God and faithful brothe...
That, in fact, is why, from the day we heard about it, we do not cease to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with an ever-growing knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and understand...
FOR THIS CAUSE. On account of (App-104.Colossians 1:2; Colossians 1:2) this (i.e. their faith and love). NOT. App-105. DESIRE. App-134. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_ FILLED. App-125. KNOWLED...
thanksgiving passes into prayer that they may will and walk with god 9. _For this cause_ In view of the whole happy report from Colossæ. _we also_ The "_also_" means that the news of the loving life...
9–14. _Prayer for the Colossians, with reason for gratitude on their part to God, viz. their emancipation in Christ_. This forms a transition to a fuller account of the relation of the Son to the Fath...
ΚΑῚ ΑἸΤΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ omitted by BK, perhaps by error of sight, cf. Colossians 1:6. 9. ΔΙᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ. Probably this refers primarily to the immediately preceding words τὴν ὑμῶν�, which however in themselves sum...
ΔΙΆ ΤΟΫ́ΤΟ (G1223; G3778) по этой причине. ΚΑΊ (G2532) также. Это слово связано с основным гл. (Lohse). ΉΚΟΎΣΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Colossians 1:6. ΠΑΥΌΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΑΎΟΜΑ...
DISCOURSE: 2167 PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN GRACE Colossians 1:9. We do not cease to pray for you that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye mig...
SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT,— Our translators, by inserting _it,_ shew that they thought this verse stood connected with Colossians 1:7 whereas those two verses are rather a parenthesis; and the present...
9. FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD _IT, DO_ NOT CEASE TO PRAY AND MAKE REQUEST FOR YOU, THAT YE MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, 1...
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; FOR...
1 "Paul, a commissioner of Christ Jesus," introduces us to a glorified Christ in heaven and invokes the authority vested in Paul as His legate. Contrast the character assumed by Paul in Philippians. 4...
1:9 filled (e-31) _ Pleroo_ , as in v. 25 ('complete'); ch. 2.10 ('complete'); and ch. 4.17 ('fulfil'). knowledge (f-35) _ Epignosis_ , i.e. 'full knowledge,' as chs. 2.2; 3.10; Matthew 11:27 ; Ephesi...
THE SUPREMACY AND ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state. PARAPHRASE. '(1, 2) Paul and Timothy salute the saints...
IN ALL WISDOM, etc.] RV 'in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.'...
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. INTRODUCTION THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. He was in...
(9-12) From thanksgiving St. Paul passes, as always, to pray for them. The prayer is for their full and perfect knowledge of God’s will; but this is emphatically connected with practical “walking” in...
DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU. — Comp. Ephesians 1:16. “To pray” (see Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6) is the general word for “to worship”; “to desire” indicates prayer, properly so called, asking fro...
CHAPTER 1 THE PRAYER Colossians 1:9 (R.V.) WE have here to deal with one of Paul's prayers for his brethren. In some respects these are the very topmost pinnacles of his letters. Nowhere else does h...
διὰ τοῦτο. The good report from Colossæ prompts Paul's prayer. Apparently the reference is to all that has been said in Colossians 1:4-8, though Haupt confines it to Colossians 1:8. καὶ ἡμεῖς : “we al...
PAUL'S UNCEASING PRAYER FOR THAT MORAL DISCERNMENT WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO PLEASE GOD IN ALL THEIR CONDUCT, THAT STRENGTH WHICH WILL GIVE THEM ENDURANCE IN FACE OF ALL PROVOCATION AND TRIAL, AND THA...
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST Colossians 1:9 Here is a paragraph which may fitly form part of our daily intercession for ourselves and others. We all need a quicker insight into God's will, and t...
This letter is correlative to the Ephesians, and shows the glory of the Head of the Church as at her disposal. After expressing his thankfulness for the faith, love, and hope of the saints, Paul tells...
Paul's Prayer for the Church at Colossae From the time Paul heard of the love of the truth which the Colossian brethren possessed, Paul prayed without undue interval, or without ceasing, that they sh...
For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of (f) his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;...
(9) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
9._For this cause we also. _As he has previously shewn his affection for them in his thanksgivings, so he now shews it still farther in the earnestness of his prayers in their behalf. (288) And, assur...
The Epistle to the Colossians looks at the Christian as risen with Christ, but not, as in that to the Ephesians, as sitting in heavenly places in Christ. A hope is laid up for him in heaven; he is to...
FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO,.... Not merely for their love to the apostle, and the rest that were with him; which sense is too much contracted, and carries some appearance of meanness and selfishness; but...
For this cause we also, since the day we heard _it_, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; Ver....
_For this cause_ The report of your faith and love; _we do not cease to pray for you_ We fail not to remember you in all our prayers. This was mentioned in general, Colossians 1:3, but now more partic...
SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING; understanding of spiritual things as revealed in the gospel....
The apostle's intercession for the Colossian Christians:...
FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO DESIRE THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING,...
THE SALUTATION (vs.1-2) Paul writes with apostolic authority and by the will of God, so that total subjection to what he writes is rightly called for on the part of believers. Yet he adds, "and Timot...
Paul's Prayer for them - 1:9-14 9FOR THIS REASON WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO ASK THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND S...
FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY AND MAKE REQUEST FOR YOU, THAT YE MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, 'FOR...
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 stren...
FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO; he doth here suggest the motive mentioned in the precedent verses, viz. their faith and love, COLOSSIANS 1:4,5, and their special love to him, COLOSSIANS 1:8, why he and his br...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V For there is an instruction of the perfect, of which, writing to the Colossians, he says, "We cease not to pray for you, and beseech that ye may be filled with t...
Colossians 1:9 For G1223 reason G5124 we G2249 also G2532 since G575 the G3739 day G2250 heard G191 ...
PAUL'S PRAYER THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE UNDERSTANDING, AND STRENGTH (COLOSSIANS 1:9). Once Paul had learned of their response to Christ he and his fellow-workers had begun to pray for them constantly. Thei...
‘For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and to make request for you that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.'...
2. _The Apostles Prayer for their Progress in the Knowledge of Christ as Head of all Things_. The Apostle's thanksgiving is naturally followed by the mention of his petition for the Colossians. The im...
Colossians 1:9. FOR THIS CAUSE; referring to the entire preceding paragraph (Colossians 1:3-8), because of what had been heard respecting the Colossians. WE ALSO; comp. Colossians 1:3. ‘Also' marks t...
I. DOCTRINAL PART: CHRIST THE HEAD OF ALL THINGS. This division of the Epistle resembles the doctrinal part of Ephesians (chaps, 1-3.); but here the Person of Christ is more prominent; there Christ as...
THAT YE MAY BE FILLED WITH (ινα πληρωθητε). First aorist (effective) passive subjunctive of πληροω, to fill full.THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL (την επιγνωσιν του θεληματος αυτου). The accusative case...
Colossians 1:9 Moral thoughtfulness. I. The state of spiritual folly is, I suppose, one of the most universal evils in the world. For the number of those who are naturally foolish is exceedingly grea...
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...
CONTENTS: Apostolic greeting and prayer. The superiority of Christ. His reconciling work. The mystery of His indwelling. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Epaphras. CONCLUSION: He...
Colossians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ._ This is noticed in 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2. He generally opens his addresses to the churches much in the same form of benediction, for...
FOR THIS REASON. Because of all that Paul had heard about them. WE ASK GOD TO FILL YOU. Knowledge would be their best protection against false teaching, and would make them more confident. The Holy Sp...
_To pray for you and desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge._ THE PRAYER I. The fountain or root of all Christian character. “That ye might be filled … understanding.” 1. The thing desir...
_For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you._ THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE WILL The petition asks-- I. For a bestowment of a knowledge of the divine will as attai...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:9 Prayer. Paul reports how he regularly prays for the Colossians. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:9. DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO DESIRE.—R.V. “pray and make request.” The general notion comes first, then the particulars; so in Mark 11:24. In t...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 1:1 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION. The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a _salutation _(Colossians 1:1, Colossians 1:
Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Colossians, chapter one. The city of Colosse, was in the area known as Pergia, a part of Asia Minor. A couple of other churches are greeted by Paul in this epist...
1 Corinthians 1:5; 1 John 2:17; 1 John 5:20; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 4:2
We also. Marking the reciprocal feeling of Paul and Timothy with that of the Colossians. Pray - desire [π ρ ο σ ε υ χ ο μ ε ν ο ι - α ι τ ο υ μ ε ν ο ι]. The words occur together in Mark 11:24. The fo...
VISIONS OF GOD'S PURPOSES IN CHRIST Colossians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to our study in the Pauline Epistle to the Colossians, we thought it would be worth the while to observe Pau...
We pray for you — This was mentioned in general, Colossians 1:3, but now more particularly. That ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will — Of his revealed will. In all wisdom — With all the wi...