By whom we are set free. God's act in Christ. It is the totality of Christ's sacrifice which is the basis of our being set free (Ephesians 1:7). Satan is holding the whole human race prisoner. Jesus made a way to escape.
COLOSSIANS 1:14 avpolu,trwsin {A} The Textus Receptus, following several secondary witnesses, interpolates from Ephesians 1:7 the words dia. tou/ ai[matoj auvtou/. If the phrase had bee...
Verse 14. _IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION_] Who has paid down the redemption price, even his own blood, that our sins might be cancelled, and we made fit to be partakers of the inheritance among the saint...
IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION; - See this explained in the notes at Ephesians 1:7. The passage here proves that we obtain forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ; but it does not prove that this...
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 PRAYER. Paul reciprocates their prayers for him. He constantly offers petition on their behalf since first he heard of them. He desires for them (_a)_ fulness of knowledge to discern th...
May you give thanks to the Father, who enabled us to obtain our share of the inheritance of God's dedicated people in the Kingdom of light; for he rescued us from the power of darkness, and brought us...
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...
REDEMPTION. See Romans 3:24. THROUGH HIS BLOOD. All the texts omit. forgiveness, Compare Ephesians 1:7. SINS. App-128....
_redemption through his blood_ Omit the words "_through His blood_," on clear documentary evidence. They stand unchallenged in the parallel verse, Ephesians 1:7. And the truth they express comes out e...
9–14. _Prayer for the Colossians, with reason for gratitude on their part to God, viz. their emancipation in Christ_. This forms a transition to a fuller account of the relation of the Son to the Fath...
ἜΧΟΜΕΝ אCDG, etc. (A defective); ἔσχομεν B alone of MSS. Boh. In || Ephesians 1:7 ἔχομεν is read by only א*D*gr Boh. The reading is not certain. One tendency to assimilate the tense to the accompanyin...
ΈΝ Ω (G1722; G3778) в котором. Это ссылка на Христа, a rel. предложение говорит о новой жизни, которую мы получили через Него (Lohse). ΆΠΟΛΫ́ΤΡΩΣΙΣ (G629) искупление, полное освобождение после выпла...
_COLOSSIANS 1:14_.— St. Paul having, in the 13th verse, mentioned _God's dear Son,_ he here, accordingtohisusualmanner,runsoutimmediatelyintoadigressionconcerning him; but it is such a digression as i...
OUTLINE OF 1:14-23 B. CHRISTHis supremacy and work; Colossians 1:14-23 1. In Christ we have redemption; Colossians 1:14 2. Christ is the image of God; Colossians 1:15...
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: WE HAVE - `we are having.' REDEMPTION, [ teen (G3588)] - 'the redemption.' THROUGH HIS BLOOD. So Irenaeus. Omitted in...
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...
REDEMPTION] The view that the word means ransom is very dubious. 'Deliverance' is the best translation. Omit THROUGH HIS BLOOD. 15-23. The supremacy of the Son in the universe and the Church. PARAPHR...
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...
We enter on this great passage, as is natural, and accordant with St. Paul’s universal practice, through that living and practical truth of our redemption in Christ Jesus, which in the earlier Epistle...
[2. The Doctrine of Christ. (1) His SALVATION AND REDEMPTION of us all (Colossians 1:13). (2) His NATURE AS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, the creator and sustainer of all things heavenly and eart...
CHAPTER 1 THE FATHER'S GIFTS THROUGH THE SON Colossians 1:12 (R.V.) WE have advanced thus far in this Epistle without having reached its main subject. We now, however, are on its verge. The next ver...
PAUL'S UNCEASING PRAYER FOR THAT MORAL DISCERNMENT WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO PLEASE GOD IN ALL THEIR CONDUCT, THAT STRENGTH WHICH WILL GIVE THEM ENDURANCE IN FACE OF ALL PROVOCATION AND TRIAL, AND THA...
This verse is parallel to Ephesians 1:7. ἐν ᾧ : not by whom, but in whom; if we possess Christ, we possess in Him our deliverance. ἔχομεν : (present) we have as an abiding possession. ἀπολύτρωσιν : “d...
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST Colossians 1:9 Here is a paragraph which may fitly form part of our daily intercession for ourselves and others. We all need a quicker insight into God's will, and t...
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...
Reason for Thanksgiving Paul also prayed that the Colossian brethren might be thankful. Particularly, Christians should be grateful God qualified us to inherit the promised land of heaven, which is a...
(6) In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins: (6) The matter itself of our salvation is Christ the Son of God, who has obtained remission of sins for us by the off...
It is through the blood of Christ, and not by the law of Moses, that we are freed from the power of death. If the law could have saved us, the coming of Christ would have been useless. See then, he sa...
(14) In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (15) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (16) For by him were all things created, t...
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...
14._In whom we have redemption. _He now proceeds to set forth in order, that all parts of our salvation are contained in Christ, and that he alone ought to shine forth, and to be seen conspicuous abov...
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...
IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION,.... Which is an excellent and wonderful blessing of grace saints have in and by Christ; and lies in a deliverance from sin, all sin, original and actual, under which they a...
In whom we have redemption through his blood, _even_ the forgiveness of sins: Ver. 14. _Even the forgiveness, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 1:21 _"_ Sin is the greatest evil; as that which sets us farth...
_Giving thanks unto the Father_ Of all mercy and grace, who, by justifying and sanctifying us through faith in his Son, and the influence of his Spirit, hath not only entitled us to, but wrought in us...
IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, EVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. The good report from Colossae, which had caused Paul to break forth in a prayer of thanksgiving, now also prompts him to add...
The apostle's intercession for the Colossian Christians:...
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...
Paul's Prayer for them - 1:9-14 9FOR THIS REASON WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO ASK THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND S...
IN WHOM WE HAVE OUR REDEMPTION, THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS: 'IN WHOM' -i.e. in the Son. Thus being "in the kingdom" is the same as being "in Christ". Which means: (a) Absolutely no redemption or sal...
9-14 The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words will not do without good works. He who undertakes to give stren...
IN WHOM; i.e. in the person of Christ alone God-man, deputed of his Father to die for our salvation, ACTS 4:12, ACTS 20:28. _We; _ as we are in him, made meet, COLOSSIANS 1:12. HAVE REDEMPTION; we hav...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III plainly indicating one God, who did by the prophets make promise of the Son, and one Jesus Christ our Lord, who was of the seed of David according to His birth from...
Colossians 1:14 in G1722 whom G3739 have G2192 (G5719) redemption G629 through G1223 His G846 blood G129 forgiven
‘Giving thanks to the Father who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, who delivered us out of the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his bel...
PAUL'S PRAYER THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE UNDERSTANDING, AND STRENGTH (COLOSSIANS 1:9). Once Paul had learned of their response to Christ he and his fellow-workers had begun to pray for them constantly. Thei...
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...
2. _The Apostles Prayer for their Progress in the Knowledge of Christ as Head of all Things_. The Apostle's thanksgiving is naturally followed by the mention of his petition for the Colossians. The im...
Colossians 1:14. IN WHOM. Comp. Ephesians 1:7, which closely resembles this verse. Here, however, the phrase ‘through His blood' is to be rejected, since it is sustained by no ancient Greek manuscript...
IN WHOM (εν ω). In Christ as in Ephesians 1:7. This great sentence about Christ carries on by means of three relatives (εν ω Colossians 1:14, ος Colossians 1:15, ος...
REDEMPTION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _...
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...
_Giving thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet._ THE FATHER’S GIFT THROUGH THE SON 1. These grounds of thanksgiving are but various aspects of the great blessing of salvation. The diamond fl...
_In Whom._ THE DEITY OF CHRIST Christ is Divine because-- I. He has redeemed us. II. He is the creator of all things. III. All things were created for His glory. IV. His eternal pre-existence....
_Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness._ THE GREAT MORAL TRANSLATION I. Involves our enfranchisement from a state of dark captivity. 1. The unrenewed are in a realm of moral darkness. (1...
_For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you._ THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE WILL The petition asks-- I. For a bestowment of a knowledge of the divine will as attai...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:14 REDEMPTION. Deliverance or release from captivity. Believers have been rescued from condemnation and have received FORGIVENESS OF their SINS.
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:9 Prayer. Paul reports how he regularly prays for the Colossians. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:13. WHO HATH DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS.—The metaphor commenced in the previous verse is carried on here. The settlement in the land flowing...
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 John 1:9; 1 John 2:12; 1 John 2:2; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 Peter 1:20;...
Redemption [α π ο λ υ τ ρ ω σ ι ν]. See on Romans 3:24. Continuing the image of an enslaved and ransomed people. Omit through His blood. Forgiveness [α φ ε σ ι ν]. See on remission, Romans 3:25; forgi...
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...
In whom we have redemption — This is treated of from the middle of Colossians 1:18. The voluntary passion of our Lord appeased the Father's wrath, obtained pardon and acceptance for us, and, consequen...
Here our apostle further declares how we are made MEET FOR THE INHERITANCE OF HEAVEN, AND DELIVERED FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS, namely, BY OUR REDEMPTION IN CHRIST from sin, Satan, death and wrath; by...