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Colossians 2:19

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

-this man will first of all "hold the head, from which the whole body is compacted and bound together, and, through means of every joint according to the measure of the ministration of each several part, maketh increase of the body to the edification of itself in love."[450]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

by His blood; and "holding the Head, from which the whole body of the Church, having been fitted together, takes increase"[125]

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 19. _AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD_] Not acknowledging Jesus Christ as the only Saviour of mankind, and the only _Head_ or _chief_ of the Christian Church, on whom every member of it depends, and _f...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD - Not holding the true doctrine respecting the Great Head of the church, the Lord Jesus Christ; Notes, Ephesians 1:22. This is regarded here as essential to the maintenance of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. COMPLETE IN HIM, IN WHOM ALL THE FULLNESS DWELLS CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The mystery of God (Colossians 2:1)_ 2. Complete in Christ (Colossians 2:9) 3. Exhortations and warnings (Colossians 2:16

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AN URGENT WARNING AGAINST A DEGRADING THEOSOPHY. Let them not be led away by false reasonings, however persuasive. They must think of Paul, despite his bodily absence, as being with them in spirit (1...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    LOVE'S STRUGGLE (Colossians 2:1) _ 2:1 I want you to know how great a struggle I am going through for you, and for the people of Laodicaea, and for all those who have never seen me face to face._ He...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Beware lest there will be anyone who will carry you off as his spoil, by insisting on the necessity of a so-called philosophy, which is, in fact, an empty delusion, a philosophy which has been handed...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Let no one take you to task in matters of food or drink, or with regard to yearly festivals and monthly new moons and weekly sabbaths. These are only the shadow of things to come; the real substance b...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HOLDING. holding fast. The central theme of the Epistle is the necessity of holding fast to the Head, from. App-104. WHICH. Whom. BY. App-104.Colossians 2:1. JOINTS. See Ephesians 4:16. BANDS. See...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _holding_ HOLDING FAST (R.V.). The word is used Acts 3:11 of the healed cripple's _grasp_of the Apostles who had healed him. The erring teacher is said "not to hold" the Head, not only as a man but as...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓ ΚΡΑΤΩ͂Ν ΤῊΝ ΚΕΦΑΛΉΝ. Apparently σάρξ suggested the true body to which Christians belong, with its Head. For a fuller elaboration of the figure cf. Ephesians 4:15-16. “οὐ not μή, the negation h...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    16–19. _Practical application of_ Colossians 2:6-15 _and more especially_ Colossians 2:9-15 You have everything in Christ (Colossians 2:10), and have been joined to Him in all His redemptiv

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΚΡΑΤΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΡΑΤΈΩ (G2902) крепко держаться за кого-л., оставаться тесно связанным с кем-л. (BAGD; Lohse). ΚΕΦΑΛΉ (G2776) глава; здесь это титул, так что сразу имеется в виду личнос...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 2180 HOLDING THE HEAD Colossians 2:19. _Not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    18. LET NO MAN ROB YOU OF YOUR PRIZE, BY A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND WORSHIPPING OF THE ANGELS, DWELLING IN THE THINGS WHICH HE HATH SEEN, VAINLY PUFFED UP BY HIS FLESHLY MIND, 19. AND NOT HOLDING FAST T...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. 'Not holding fast [ kratoon (G2902)] the...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ Doctrinal Correction 15 Not only is the believer exempt from the authority of the apostles of the Circumcision, but, in spirit, he is beyond the reach of all human jurisdiction. Even before His r...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FALSE TEACHING AND ITS REFUTATION 4-15. Hold fast to Christ the All-sufficient Saviour. PARAPHRASE. '(4) I emphasise these truths about Christ lest you should be beguiled by plausible persuasions...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Severance from the Head cuts off the supply of spiritual life....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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. CHAPTER 2 V1 I am working for you. I am working for the peo...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NOT HOLDING THE HEAD. — In this lay the fatal error. All these speculations and superstitions interfered with the direct hold of the soul on the mediation of Christ, as the Head, from whom alone, as b...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (16-19) To the warning against speculative error succeeds a warning against two practical superstitions. The first is simply the trust in obsolete Jewish ordinances (the mere shadow of Christ) with wh...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 2 WARNINGS AGAINST TWIN CHIEF ERRORS, BASED UPON PREVIOUS POSITIVE TEACHING Colossians 2:16 (R.V.) "Let no man therefore judge you." That "therefore" sends us back to what the Apostle has be...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    SINCE THE LAW HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THE ANGELS DESPOILED, RITUAL OR ASCETIC ORDINANCES HAVE NO LONGER ANY MEANING FOR THOSE WHO IN CHRIST POSSESS THE SUBSTANCE, OF WHICH THESE ARE BUT THE SHADOW. THE...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Largely parallel to Ephesians 4:15-16. Paul proceeds to point out that so far from securing spiritual growth of a higher order, the false teaching, by loosening the hold on Christ, prevented any growt...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    AVOIDING ERRORS Colossians 2:13 The reiteration of the prepositions in and with emphasizes our close identification with our Savior. Such we are in the purpose of God, and so we should be in daily ex...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    If for a moment we glance back at the passage beginning with 1:24 and ending with 2:3, we find reference to a threefold mystery: the first, the Church, which is the Body of Christ; then the secret of...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The apostle warns against those who would “defraud” the Colossian brethren of their reward. Weed says the word suggests athletic competition in which one is disqualified. If the Colossian brethren lis...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (19) And not holding the (c) Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of (d) God. (19) The fourth argument, whi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days: (17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _CHRIST THE HEAD_ ‘And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.’ Colossians 2:19 This...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    19._Not holding the Head_. He condemns in the use of one word whatever does not bear a relation to Christ. He also confirms his statement on the ground that all things flow from him, and depend upon h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Thus we have a double ministry, as well as a double preeminence of Christ, and a double reconciliation; and each having a similar relationship the one to the other: Christ, the Head of all things in h...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD,.... Christ, as some copies express it; for by making use of angels as mediators and intercessors, Christ the only Mediator, the Lord and head of angels, and of the church, wa...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Ver. 19. _And not holding the head_] This...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Let no man beguile you of your reward_ Of future glory, however eagerly or artfully he may attempt it. According to Pierce, who pleads the authority of Demosthenes, the word καταβραβευετω, here rende...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    HEAD; Christ. THE BODY; the church, which is composed of all who truly believe in him. THE INCREASE OF GOD; the increase which God bestows, consisting in faith, love, joy, peace, and other graces of...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Warning against a false righteousness of works:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD, FROM WHICH ALL THE BODY BY JOINTS AND BANDS HAVING NOURISHMENT MINISTERED, AND KNIT TOGETHER, INCREASETH WITH THE INCREASE OF GOD....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    CHRIST THE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE (vs.1-10) In verse 1 the unselfish faith and love of the apostle shines beautifully. He was as deeply concerned for believers who had not seen him as he was...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    Christian Liberty - 2:16-23 16SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A FESTIVAL OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS, Do not let others judge you, as you should not judge others. (Matthew 7:...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    AND NOT HOLDING FAST THE HEAD, FROM WHOM ALL THE BODY, BEING SUPPLIED AND KNIT TOGETHER THROUGH THE JOINTS AND BANDS, INCREASING WITH THE INCREASE OF GOD. 'AND' -The description of these false teach...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-23 It looked like humility to apply to angels, as if men were conscious of their unworthiness to speak directly to God. But it is not warrantable; it is taking that honour which is due to Christ o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD: here the apostle suggests, that those things he had before taxed did proceed from hence, that they let go the Lord Christ himself, COLOSSIANS 2:8,9, from whom all truths are...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Colossians 2:19 and G2532 not G3756 fast G2902 (G5723) Head G2776 from G1537 whom G3739 all G3956 body...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.' Because these people concentrate on intermed...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Colossians 2:19. AND NOT HOLDING FAST THE HEAD (Christ); comp. Ephesians 1:22, etc. Not to hold Christ as Head is to let go of Him altogether. This is virtually the cause of the conduct described in C...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    2. _Two Special Warnings Enforced._ This brief section is both an application of the obligations resulting from the truths stated in Colossians 2:9-15, and a warning against certain specific errors wh...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    NOT HOLDING FAST THE HEAD (ου κρατων την κεφαλην). Note negative ου, not μη, actual case of deserting Christ as the Head. The Gnostics dethroned Christ from his primacy (Colossians 1:18) and placed...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Colossians 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:_ That is, keep on as you began. Christ was enough for you when, as poor, guilty sinners, you came and trusted...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Colossians 2:1. _For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;_ Paul had not met these Colossian Christ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Godhead incarnate in Christ. Danger of those who would entice away from Christ. Philosophy and legality, mysticism and asceticism. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: Believers who u...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Colossians 2:1. _I would that ye knew what great conflict I have,_ in the inward feelings of my heart and wrestlings of prayer, _for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many,_ in the adjacent di...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELVES. If you are _condemned,_ you lose your reward. Do not allow any teacher to lead you away from Christ. Jesus is real! The special visions; the false humility (Mark 12:38); and t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:19 NOT HOLDING FAST TO THE HEAD. The false teacher at Colossae has not maintained contact with Christ. Thus the teacher has become influenced by evil spirits (see v....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:4 The Dangerous Teaching at Colossae. Paul delivers a series of warnings about the teaching that threatens the Colossian church. In doing so, he also provides important...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 2:18. LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD.—R.V. “let no man rob you of your prize.” There seems to be implied some such thought as this: Do not allow thes...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 2:1 SECTION IV. THE APOSTLE'S CONCERN FOR THE COLOSSI. AN CHURCH. So far the contents of the letter have been of a general and preparatory character. New the writer be

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Colossians, chapter two. Paul had never visited Colosse. He had heard of the church from Epaphras, who was the minister there, who had told Paul of the love that the...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Holding the head [κ ρ α τ ω ν τ η ν κ ε φ α λ η ν]. Holding by or fast, as commonly in the New Testament. Compare Sophocles : "If thou art to rule [α ρ ξ ε ι ς] this land, even as thou holdest it (kra...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And not holding the head — He does not hold Christ, who does not trust in him alone. All the members are nourished by faith, and knit together by love and mutual sympathy....

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