Colossians 1:1,2
THE OPENING SALUTATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OPENING SALUTATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Paul here, as usual, defines his apostolic position. He is an apostle of C... [ Continue Reading ]
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD AND THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION. A prayer of grateful joy:... [ Continue Reading ]
SINCE WE HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, AND OF THE LOVE WHICH YE HAVE TO ALL THE SAINTS,... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE HOPE WHICH IS LAID UP FOR YOU IN HEAVEN, WHEREOF YE HEARD BEFORE IN THE WORD OF THE TRUTH, OF THE GOSPEL;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH IS COME UNTO YOU AS IT IS IN ALL THE WORLD, AND BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT, AS IT DOTH ALSO IN YOU, SINCE THE DAY YE HEARD OF IT, AND KNEW THE GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH;... [ Continue Reading ]
AS YE ALSO LEARNED OF EPAPHRAS, OUR DEAR FELLOW-SERVANT, WHO IS FOR YOU A FAITHFUL MINISTER OF CHRIST;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO ALSO DECLARED UNTO US YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT. It is characteristic of the Apostle Paul that he always finds some reason for thanksgiving, that he finds evidences of blessings all around, that he feels himself to be under the necessity of praising God for some special spiritual benefit: We give... [ Continue Reading ]
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,... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle's intercession for the Colossian Christians:... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD UNTO ALL PLEASING, BEING FRUITFUL IN EVERY GOOD WORK AND INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD;... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTHENED WITH ALL MIGHT, ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS POWER, UNTO ALL PATIENCE AND LONG-SUFFERING WITH JOYFULNESS;... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER, WHICH HATH MADE US MEET TO BE PARTAKERS OF THE INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS IN LIGHT;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO HATH DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS, AND HATH TRANSLATED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS DEAR SON;... [ Continue Reading ]
IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, EVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. The good report from Colossae, which had caused Paul to break forth in a prayer of thanksgiving, now also prompts him to add an earnest intercession in behalf of the Colossian congregation: For this cause also we, since the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORK OF THE EXALTED CHRIST THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE MINISTRY. Jesus Christ all in all:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRST-BORN OF EVERY CREATURE;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR BY HIM WERE ALL THINGS CREATED THAT ARE IN HEAVEN AND THAT ARE IN EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THEY BE THRONES, OR DOMINIONS, OR PRINCIPALITIES, OR POWERS; ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM AND FOR HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH; WHO IS THE BEGINNING, THE FIRST-BORN FROM THE DEAD; THAT IN ALL THINGS HE MIGHT HAVE THE PREEMINENCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IT PLEASED THE FATHER THAT IN HIM SHOULD ALL FULLNESS DWELL;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, HAVING MADE PEACE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS CROSS, BY HIM TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS UNTO HIMSELF; BY HIM, I SAY, WHETHER THEY BE THINGS IN EARTH OR THINGS IN HEAVEN. This passage is one of the most wonderful and comprehensive in the entire New Testament, for the apostle has crowded into these few... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YOU, THAT WERE SOMETIME ALIENATED AND ENEMIES IN YOUR MIND BY WICKED WORKS, YET NOW HATH HE RECONCILED... [ Continue Reading ]
The application of these truths to the Christians of Colossae:... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE BODY OF HIS FLESH THROUGH DEATH, TO PRESENT YOU HOLY AND UNBLAMABLE AND UNREPROVABLE IN HIS SIGHT,... [ Continue Reading ]
IF YE CONTINUE IN THE FAITH GROUNDED AND SETTLED, AND BE NOT MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, WHICH YE HAVE HEARD, AND WHICH WAS PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE WHICH IS UNDER HEAVEN; WHEREOF I, PAUL, AM MADE A MINISTER. All the blessed truths which he has discussed in the previous paragraph the a... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO NOW REJOICE IN MY SUFFERINGS FOR YOU, AND FILL UP THAT WHICH IS BEHIND OF THE AFFLICTIONS OF CHRIST IN MY FLESH FOR HIS BODY'S SAKE, WHICH IS THE CHURCH,... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle's joy in his suffering and labor:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREOF I AM MADE A MINISTER, ACCORDING TO THE DISPENSATION OF GOD WHICH IS GIVEN TO ME FOR YOU TO FULFILL THE WORD OF GOD;... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID FROM AGES AND FROM GENERATIONS, BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST TO HIS SAINTS;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WHOM GOD WOULD MAKE KNOWN WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOM WE PREACH, WARNING EVERY MAN, AND TEACHING EVERY MAN IN ALL WISDOM, THAT WE MAY PRESENT EVERY MAN PERFECT IN CHRIST JESUS;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREUNTO I ALSO LABOR, STRIVING ACCORDING TO HIS WORKING, WHICH WORKETH IN ME MIGHTILY. Paul here shows that his ministry includes two parts, namely, to suffer for the congregation and to serve the congregation with the Word of Grace. His attitude in his sufferings is one of pure joy: Now I rejoice... [ Continue Reading ]