Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Colossians 1:3
We give thanks — There is a near resemblance between this epistle, and those to the Ephesians and Philippians.
We give thanks — There is a near resemblance between this epistle, and those to the Ephesians and Philippians.
COLOSSIANS 1:3 qew|/ patri, {C} The reading adopted for the text, although it is rather narrowly supported (B C* 1739 Augustine), appears to account best for the origin of the other readings. In orde...
Verse Colossians 1:3. _WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD_] Who is the author of all good; and from whom the _grace_, which has produced your conversion, has sprung by his mission of Christ Jesus. See the note on...
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD - See the notes at the parallel place in Ephesians 1:15. PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU - See the Romans 1:9, note; Ephesians 1:16, note; com
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 THANKSGIVING. He always gives God thanks when he prays for them, for he has heard (from Epaphras) of their loyalty in Christ and the love which they exhibit towards all God's people: a...
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...
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you in our prayers; for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you ha...
GIVE THANKS. See Acts 27:35. AND. The texts omit. THE FATHER. See John 1:14. LORD. App-98. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. PRAYING. App-134. FOR. App-104....
thanksgiving for the colossian saints 3. _We give thanks_ So Romans 1:8; 1 Corinthians 1:4; Ephesians 1:16; 1 Thessalonian
3–8. _Introductory thanksgiving for their effective reception of the Gospel in the true form of it taught them first by Epaphras_ (Colossians 1:3) We both always thank the God and Father of our Lord J...
ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΕΩ͂Ι ΠΑΤΡῚ BC*. This difficult reading was corrected by the insertion either of τῷ before πατρί, D*G and Chrys.372, or of καί, אACTS 2DCK, etc. Cf. Colossians 3:17, also Colossians 1:12 infra....
ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΎΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить. _pl._ может быть эпистолярным _pl._ ("я благодарю"), или настоящим _pl._, "мы с Тимофеем благодарим" (Moule). Выражение благодарност...
DISCOURSE: 2166 PAUL’S COMMENDATION OF THE GOSPEL Colossians 1:3. We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, a...
TO GOD AND THE FATHER— _To the God and Father._ Pierce, Doddridge, &c. P. Franck has a good observation here, which illustrates the beauty of many scriptures: "The order which would seem most artifici...
3. WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU, 4. HAVING HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, AND OF THE LOVE WHICH YE HAVE TOWARD ALL THE SAINTS. _Translation...
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, Thanksgiving for their 'faith, hope, and love.' So in the twin letter sent by the same bearer, Tychicus (Ephes...
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...
1:3 [when] (b-15) Or omit [when]. Ver. 9 proves this to be probably the true sense....
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...
Better, 'We always give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you.'...
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...
Comp. Ephesians 1:15, where there is an almost exact verbal coincidence. Whatever may be the force there of the words “having _heard_ of your faith,” clearly here they harmonise with many indications...
(3-8) In this expression of St. Paul’s thanksgiving for them there is as usual a peculiar correspondence to their circumstances. They had been full of faith, love, and hope, the fruit of a true gospel...
CHAPTER 1 THE PRELUDE Colossians 1:3 (R.V.) THIS long introductory section may at first sight give the impression of confusion, from the variety of subjects introduced. But a little thought about it...
τῷ Θεῷ πατρὶ κ. τ. λ.: “to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus”. Even if Θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ were read, we should probably not make Κυρίου dependent on Θεῷ as well as πατρὶ, since this is not Paul's usual lan...
PAUL'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE TIDINGS HE HAS RECEIVED OF THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF THE COLOSSIANS. According to his usual custom (so in Thess., 1 Cor., Rom., Phil., Philm.), Paul begins his letter with a...
THE GOSPEL BEARING FRUIT Colossians 1:1 The saints are men of faith, for their holiness is derived from Christ, but they are also faithful men, and will not betray their trust. _Grace_ is the Greek a...
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...
Thank God for the Brethren in Colossae! Paul did not take his praying lightly, nor his thanksgiving. The letters of 2 Corinthians and Galatians do not contain such a prayer with thanks for the brethre...
(1) We give thanks to God and the (c) Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, (1) He commends the doctrine that was delivered to them by Epaphras, and their readiness in receiving it...
(1) Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, (2) To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Fat...
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...
3._We give thanks to God. _He praises the faith and love of the Colossians, that it may encourage them the more to alacrity and constancy of perseverance. Farther, by shewing that he has a persuasion...
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...
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD,.... Meaning himself and Timothy. This is the beginning of the epistle, which is introduced with a thanksgiving to God; to whom praise and thankfulness are always due as a Creato...
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, Ver. 3. _We give thanks-praying, &c._] Prayer and thanks (saith one) are like the double motion of the lungs; th...
_We give thanks_, &c. See on Romans 1:8; _to God and the Father_ Or, _even the Father of our Lord_, &c.; or, as the original expression is still more literally rendered, _To the God and Father of our...
PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION. A prayer of grateful joy:...
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD AND THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU,...
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...
Thanksgiving - 1:3-8 3WE GIVE THANKS TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU, All our praise and gratitude belong to God. Paul offers an expression of thanksgiving for...
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU, 'WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD' -Gratitude and thanksgiving is often. neglect aspect in our prayers. It is so easy to view...
1-8 All true Christians are brethren one to another. Faithfulness runs through every character and relation of the Christian life. Faith, hope, and love, are the three principal graces in the Christi...
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD: SEE POOLE ON "PHILIPPIANS 1:3". He doth here take in Timothy and others, in acknowledging of God's grace to them, which might express his great good-will to them. AND THE FATHER...
Colossians 1:3 thanks G2168 (G5719) God G2316 and G2532 Father G3962 our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ...
PAUL EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION OF THEM (COLOSSIANS 1:3) ‘We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.' ‘We give thanks.' An indication of his confidence in the faith of the Colossians...
Colossians 1:3. WE GIVE THANKS, etc. The Apostle usually begins with thanksgiving; comp. his earliest Epistle (1 Thessalonians 1:2) which exactly corresponds. The plural (‘we') is probably occasioned...
I. _The Apostle's Thanksgiving for the Faith and Love of his Readers._ This section might be termed ‘introductory,' because of its personal character. Yet even here the doctrinal motive is apparent P...
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...
GOD THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (τω θεω πατρ του κυριου ημων Ιησου Χριστου). Correct text without κα (and) as in Colossians 3:17, though usually "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...
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...
WE ALWAYS GIVE THANKS. Both Paul and Timothy made a regular habit of prayer for all the churches in their care....
_We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ._ THE PRELUDE I. A thankful recognition of Christian excellence as introductory to warnings and remonstrances. Almost all Paul’s Epistles b...
_Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God._ The assertion of St. Paul that the afflictions of the faithful “work together for good” is verified by constant experience (Romans 8:28; Psalms 11...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:3 Thanksgiving. Paul thanks God for the Colossians and their expressions of faith, hope, and love. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:3. WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD.—The apostle here, as usual, gives credit for all that is worthy in his readers, though the tidings from Colossæ had been disqui...
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 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:16;...
And the Father. Some of the best texts omit and. So Rev. The form with and is the more common. Compare ch. 3 17. Praying always for you. Rather connect always with we give thanks, and render we give...
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...
Our apostle, to give the Colossians. full assurance of the firmness of his love unto them, acquaints them, that himself and Timothy, from the time they heard of their conversion, did never to give sol...