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Colossians 1:28
whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
WHOM WE PREACH, WARNING EVERY MAN - This does not mean warning of danger, but “admonishing all of the claims of the gospel to attention.” Our word warn is commonly used in the sense of cautioning agai...
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...
COLOSSIANS 1:24 TO COLOSSIANS 2:3. PAUL'S OWN RELATION TO THEM AND TO THE GOSPEL. At this very time, in the midst of his sufferings, Paul is rejoicing for their sakes, and in return for their loyalty...
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...
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my flesh, for the sake of his body, I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ. By his body, I mean the Church, of which I was made a servant...
PREACH. App-121. WARNING. admonishing. Greek. _noutheteo_. Compare Colossians 3:16. MAN. App-123. MAN. App-123. PERFECT. App-125. JESUS. The texts omit....
_we_ Emphatic. He has the alien emissaries in mind. _preach_ Slightly better, as R.V., PROCLAIM. The Greek word recurs with Christ as its living Object, Acts 17:3; Philippians 1:16; Philippians 1:18....
ΝΟΥΘΕΤΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ … ΚΑῚ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ, “admonishing and teaching.” Methods by which we καταγγέλλομεν, as is indicated in part by the participial form, in part by the insistence on πάντα ἄνθρωπον. For νουθετ...
24–2:5. _St Paul’s appeal based on_ (Colossians 1:24-29) _his own joy in enduring suffering in order to make known the secret of Christ’s presence in their heart, and_ (Colossians 2:1-5) _his personal...
ΚΑΤΑΓΓΈΛΛΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G2605) провозглашать. Это официальное объявление (Lohmeyer; NIDNTT). _Praes._ подчеркивает длительное или привычное действие, ΝΟΥΘΕΤΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣ _praes. ac...
DISCOURSE: 2172 PREACHING CHRIST Colossians 1:28. _Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus_. THE mystery of the...
WHOM WE PREACH— All this discourse centers in the great view of engaging the Colossians to adhere to genuine Christianity; and it is pleasing to observe how everyverse, and almost every clause, sugges...
28. WHOM WE PROCLAIM, ADMONISHING EVERY MAN AND TEACHING EVERY MAN IN ALL WISDOM, THAT WE MAY PRESENT EVERY MAN PERFECT IN CHRIST; 29. WHEREUNTO I LABOR ALSO, STRIVING ACCORDING TO HIS WORKING, WHICH...
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: PREACH, [ katangellomen (G2605)] - 'announce.' WARNING ... TEACHING...
__ The Secret of Christ 23 The scope of reconciliation is not confined to mankind: it is as broad as creation. Its proclamation was made to every creature under heaven. It is God's loving purpose to...
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...
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...
WARNING EVERY MAN, AND TEACHING. — In “warning” is implied the idea of reproof of folly or sin. (See 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:5.) “Teaching” is simply instruction — including, of course...
(24-29) Here (as in Ephesians 3, in the same connection) St. Paul dwells on his own mission to set forth the universal gospel to the Gentiles. In the Ephesian Epistle this declaration is made a direct...
CHAPTER 1 THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY IN ITS THEME, METHODS, AND AIM Colossians 1:28 (R.V.) THE false teachers at Colossae had a great deal to say about a higher wisdom reserved for the initiated. They a...
PAUL REJOICES THAT HIS SUFFERINGS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH, IN WHOSE SERVICE HE FULFILS HIS DIVINELY APPOINTED TASK, OF FULLY PREACHING THE LONG HIDDEN BUT NOW REVEALED MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL,...
δν : _i.e_., Χριστὸν ἐν ὑμῖν. ἡμεῖς : (emphatic) we in contrast to the false teachers. But the reference seems to be simply to Paul, not to Timothy and Epaphras as well. For throughout the section he...
LABORING TO PERFECT THE CHURCH Colossians 1:21 How wonderful is God! His scheme of grace embraces the world of men, but He can concentrate on individual souls as unworthy as ours. You… hath He reconc...
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...
The false teachers with whom Paul was dealing may have approached only a selective group with their secret, but Paul preached the gospel to every man. His desire in such proclamation was, in the dista...
(14) Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in (x) all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: (14) He protests that he faithfully executes his apostleship i...
(25) 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; (26) Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generatio...
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...
_PERFECTION IN CHRIST_ ‘That we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.’ Colossians 1:28 ‘Present!’ To whom? To the world? To the Church? To Christ, when He comes, in the assembly of the uni...
28._Whom we preach. _Here he applies to his own preaching everything that he has previously declared as to the wonderful and adorable secret of God; and thus he explains what he had already touched up...
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...
WHOM WE PREACH,.... Under the above considerations; as the riches, the glory, and the mystery of the Gospel; as the hope set before lost sinners to lay hold upon; as the only Saviour and Redeemer, by...
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Ver. 28. _Whom we preach_] Ministers do not only preach of Christ, but...
_Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you_ Endured for your benefit, having been exposed to them in consequence of my preaching the gospel to you and other Gentiles; _and fill up_ That is, whereby I f...
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...
The Mystery of Christ - 1:26-28 26THE MYSTERY WHICH HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM AGES AND FROM GENERATIONS, BUT NOW HAS BEEN REVEALED TO HIS SAINTS. Mystery - Thayer "a hidden thing, secret, not obvious to...
WHOM WE PROCLAIM, ADMONISHING EVERY MAN AND TEACHING EVERY MAN IN ALL WISDOM, THAT WE MAY PRESENT EVERY MAN PERFECT IN CHRIST; 'WHOM WE PROCLAIM' -i.e. Christ 'ADMONISHING' -3560. noutheteo noo-the...
24-29 Both the sufferings of the Head and of the members are called the sufferings of Christ, and make up, as it were, one body of sufferings. But He suffered for the redemption of the church; we suf...
WHOM WE PREACH: here he shows that the subject of his and other ministers preaching was Christ, (as he had before described him), in whom alone hope of glory was to be had, Acts 4:12 1 Corinthians 2:2...
Colossians 1:28 Him G3739 we G2249 preach G2605 (G5719) warning G3560 (G5723) every G3956 man G444 and...
‘Whom we proclaim, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ.' Christ's work of perfecting His people is largely carried out through...
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...
_3. The Apostle's Joy in His Sufferings and Labor for Christ_. The need of stedfastness (Colossians 1:23) had been enforced by a reference to the Apostle's personal relation to the gospel. This though...
Colossians 1:28. WHOM WE SET forth, or, ‘announce,' not the word usually ‘rendered preach.' ‘We,' the preachers of the true gospel, in contrast with errorists, referring (as in Colossians 1:3; Colossi...
WHOM (ον). That is, "Christ in you, the hope of glory."WE PROCLAIM (καταγγελλομεν). Paul, Timothy and all like-minded preachers against the Gnostic depreciation of Christ. This verb originally (X...
PERFECT (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48). _...
Colossians 1:28 On looking at this verse, three points seem to emerge distinctly from it: the theme, the manner, the object of our preaching. I. We have, says St Paul, to preach Christ. Now to preach...
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...
SO WE PREACH CHRIST TO ALL MEN. God's call is to everyone (John 6:45). Jesus sent his followers to "all peoples everywhere." IN ORDER TO BRING. Those who are set free from sin by their union to Christ...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:28. WHOM WE PREACH.—What a glorious comprehensiveness there is in preaching Him in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead! Here is nothing narrow. W...
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 1:23; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 15:12;...
THE GREAT CREATOR Colossians 1:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are entering upon a most wonderful portion of Scripture. It has several very vital things to say, both about Christ, and about us, the servan...
We teach the ignorant, and admonish them that are already taught....
Observe here, 1. What was the principal subject of the apostle's preaching, it was Christ; WHOM WE PREACH; Christ was the matter of his preaching, and the great end of his preaching. Observe, 2. The...