COLOSSIANS CHAPTER FOUR LIVING IN GRACE Let your speech be always with _grace. Grace_ be with you. ---------------- Living in grace involves: 1. _Persistent prayer; Colossians 4:2-4_ a. Pray with watching; Colossians 4:2 a b. Pray with thanksgiving; Colossians 4:2 b c. Pray for opportunt... [ Continue Reading ]
COLOSSIANS 4:1. MASTERS, RENDER UNTO YOUR SERVANTS THAT WHICH IS JUST AND EQUAL; KNOWING THAT YE ALSO HAVE A MASTER IN HEAVEN. _Translation and Paraphrase_ Colossians 4:1. (You) masters, render to the slaves that which is just and fair, because you know that you also have a master in heaven. (As y... [ Continue Reading ]
2. CONTINUE STEDFASTLY IN PRAYER, WATCHING THEREIN WITH THANKSGIVING; 3. WITHAL PRAYING FOR US ALSO, THAT GOD MAY OPEN UNTO US A DOOR FOR THE WORD, TO SPEAK THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST, FOR WHICH I AM ALSO IN BONDS; 4. THAT I MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST AS I OUGHT TO SPEAK. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 2. (All... [ Continue Reading ]
5. WALK IN WISDOM TOWARD THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT, REDEEMING THE TIME. 6. LET YOUR SPEECH BE ALWAYS WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, THAT YE MAY KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO ANSWER EACH ONE. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 5. Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward those outside (of the church), buying up the time... [ Continue Reading ]
OUTLINE OF 4:7-18 F. Conclusion (Personal notes); Colossians 4:7-18 1. Notes about Tychichus and Onesimus; Colossians 4:7-9 a. Tychicus will make known my affairs; Colossians 4:7 b. Tychicus was sent for this; Colossians 4:8 (1) That you may know our state. (2) That your hearts may be co... [ Continue Reading ]
10. ARISTARCHUS MY FELLOW-PRISONER SALUTETH YOU, AND MARK, THE COUSIN OF BARNABAS (TOUCHING WHOM YE RECEIVED COMMANDMENTS; IF HE COME UNTO YOU, RECEIVE HIM), 11. AND JESUS THAT IS CALLED JUSTUS, WHO ARE OF THE CIRCUMCISION: THESE ONLY ARE MY FELLOW-WORKERS UNTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, MEN THAT HAVE BEEN... [ Continue Reading ]
12. EPAPHRAS, WHO IS ONE OF YOU, A SERVANT TO CHRIST JESUS, SALUTETH YOU, ALWAYS STRIVING FOR YOU IN HIS PRAYERS, THAT YE MAY STAND PERFECT AND FULLY ASSURED IN ALL THE WILL OF GOD. 13. FOR I BEAR HIM WITNESS, THAT HE HATH MUCH LABOR FOR YOU, AND FOR THEM IN LAODICEA, AND FOR THEM IN HIERAPOLIS. _T... [ Continue Reading ]
14. LUKE, THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN, AND DEMAS SALUTE YOU. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 14. Luke, the beloved physician, greets you, and (also) Demas. _NOTES_ 1. We learn from Colossians 4:14 a fact stated nowhere else in Scripture; that Luke was a physician. When we read the gospel of Luke with th... [ Continue Reading ]
15. SALUTE THE BRETHREN THAT ARE IN LAODICEA, AND NYMPHAS, AND THE CHURCH THAT IS IN THEIR HOUSE. 16. AND WHEN THIS EPISTLE HATH BEEN READ AMONG YOU, CAUSE THAT IT BE READ ALSO IN THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS; AND THAT YE READ ALSO THE EPISTLE FROM LAODICEA. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 15. (Now p... [ Continue Reading ]
17. AND SAY TO ARCHIPPUS, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY WHICH THOU HAST RECEIVED IN THE LORD, THAT THOU FULFILL IT. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 17. And speak to Archippus (your new minister): See that you fulfill the ministry which you received in the Lord (for His service). _NOTES_ 1. Paul's fina... [ Continue Reading ]
18. THE SALUTATION OF ME PAUL WITH MINE OWN HAND. REMEMBER MY BONDS. GRACE BE WITH YOU. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 18. (I close with) the greeting in _my_ own handwriting: Paul. Remember my bonds (in your prayers). Grace (favor) be with you. _NOTES_ 1. Paul closed the epistle to the Colossian... [ Continue Reading ]