__ On the other hand, therefore, the masters should also heed the warning, MASTERS, GIVE UNTO YOUR SERVANTS THAT WHICH IS JUST AND EQUAL, KNOWING THAT YE ALSO HAVE A MASTER IN HEAVEN. The treatment which any master accords to those under his authority, and especially to slaves, should be determine... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTINUE IN PRAYER, AND WATCH IN THE SAME WITH THANKSGIVING,... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCLUDING ADMONITIONS.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHAL PRAYING ALSO FOR US THAT GOD WOULD OPEN UNTO US A DOOR OF UTTERANCE TO SPEAK THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST, FOR WHICH I AM ALSO IN BONDS;... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT I MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST, AS I OUGHT TO SPEAK.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALK IN WISDOM TOWARD THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT, REDEEMING THE TIME.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET YOUR SPEECH BE ALWAY WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, THAT YE MAY KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO ANSWER EVERY MAN. The apostle is here addressing the last exhortations to the Phrygian Christians, and they are impressive by reason of their forcible brevity. His first thought is for proper prayer: in prayer... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL MY STATE SHALL TYCHICUS DECLARE UNTO YOU, WHO IS A BELOVED BROTHER AND A FAITHFUL MINISTER AND FELLOW-SERVANT IN THE LORD;... [ Continue Reading ]
PERSONAL MATTERS, GREETINGS, AND CONCLUDING SALUTATION. The apostle gives a commendation to the bearers of the letter:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOM I HAVE SENT UNTO YOU FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, THAT HE MIGHT KNOW YOUR ESTATE AND COMFORT YOUR HEARTS;... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH ONESIMUS, A FAITHFUL AND BELOVED BROTHER, WHO IS ONE OF YOU. THEY SHALL MAKE KNOWN UNTO YOU ALL THINGS WHICH ARE DONE HERE. The Colossian Christians were naturally eager for authentic information concerning the welfare of the great apostle, and therefore he makes arrangements to supply that. As... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISTARCHUS, MY FELLOW-PRISONER, SALUTES YOU, AND MARCUS, SISTER'S SON TO BARNABAS, (TOUCHING WHOM YE RECEIVED COMMANDMENTS: IF HE COME UNTO YOU, RECEIVE HIM,)... [ Continue Reading ]
Greetings from various persons in Rome:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS, WHICH IS CALLED JUSTUS, WHO ARE OF THE CIRCUMCISION. THESE ONLY ARE MY FELLOW-WORKERS UNTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, WHICH HAVE BEEN A COMFORT UNTO ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
EPAPHRAS, WHO IS ONE OF YOU, A SERVANT OF CHRIST, SALUTES YOU, ALWAYS LABORING FERVENTLY FOR YOU IN PRAYERS, THAT YE MAY STAND PERFECT AND COMPLETE IN ALL THE WILL OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I BEAR HIM RECORD THAT HE HATH A GREAT ZEAL FOR YOU, AND THEM THAT ARE IN LAODICEA, AND THEM IN HIERAPOLIS.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE, THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN, AND DEMAS, GREET YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE THE BRETHREN WHICH ARE IN LAODICEA, AND NYMPHAS, AND THE CHURCH WHICH IS IN HIS HOUSE. The greetings of the Pauline epistles are most interesting, affording, as they do, an insight into the cordiality and intimacy which obtained among the Christians in the early days. Timothy had been mention... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THIS EPISTLE IS READ AMONG YOU, CAUSE THAT IT BE READ ALSO IN THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS; AND THAT YE LIKEWISE READ THE EPISTLE FROM LAODICEA.... [ Continue Reading ]
The conclusion:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAY TO ARCHIPPUS, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY WHICH THOU HAST RECEIVED IN THE LORD, THAT THOU FULFILL IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SALUTATION BY THE HAND OF ME, PAUL. REMEMBER MY BONDS. GRACE BE WITH YOU! AMEN. Although this apostolic epistle was addressed to the Christians at Colossae, its doctrines and admonitions were not intended for the Colossians alone. Paul expressly tells them that, after they have finished reading... [ Continue Reading ]