2:10 complete (d-4) Pleroo , as ch. 1.9. Or 'filled full,' referring to all fulness being in him. The fulness or completeness of the Godhead is in Christ, as towards us; and we, as towards God, are complete in him. 'Godhead' here is Theotes -- Godhead in the absolute sense -- not Theiotes , merely divine in character.
Verse 10. _AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM_] και εστε εν αυτω πεπληρωμενοι. And, ye are filled with him. Our word _complete_ quite destroys the connection subsisting in the apostle's ideas. The philosophy...
AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM - Having no need, for the purposes of salvation, of any aid to be derived from the philosophy of the Greeks, or the traditions of the Jews. All that is necessary to secure y...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
COMPLETE. See Colossians 1:9. WHICH. Who. PRINCIPALITY. App-172. POWER. App-172....
_And ye are complete in him_ Lit. and better AND YE ARE (emphatic) IN HIM FILLED FULL; or perhaps, with Lightfoot, AND YE ARE IN HIM, FILLED FULL two statements in one; you _are in_Him, and you are _f...
ὍΣ ἘΣΤΙΝ. So אACHKLP Chrys. qui est efg Vulg. Ambrst. ὅ ἐστιν is read by BDG, quod est caput d. Hilary988. Possibly the similarity of the letters ⲞⲤⲈⲤ led to the omission of the c. 10. ΚΑῚ ἘΣΤῈ ἘΝ ΑΥ...
_You have in Christ far more than what the false teachers promise you and demand of you, for He is superior to all spiritual powers_ (Colossians 2:8) Be watchful not to be led astray. Many a false tea...
ΠΕΠΛΗΡΩΜΈΝΟΙ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) наполнять, заполнять. _Perf._ используется в перифр. обороте, подчеркивающем непреходящие результаты исполненности верующих через союз с вознесенным...
DISCOURSE: 2177 THE CHRISTIAN’S COMPLETENESS IN CHRIST Colossians 2:10. Ye are complete in him, which is the Head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision m...
9. FOR IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY, 10. AND IN HIM YE ARE MADE FULL, WHO IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER: _Translation and Paraphrase_ 9_._ (It is essential that...
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: AND - And therefore; And so. Greek order, 'Ye are in Him (in union with Him) filled full' of all you need (John 1:16). B...
__ The Secret of Christ 23 The scope of reconciliation is not confined to mankind: it is as broad as creation. Its proclamation was made to every creature under heaven. It is God's loving purpose to...
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...
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...
YE ARE COMPLETE. — Literally, _ye have been filled up_ in His fulness, as in John 1:16. So St. Paul had prayed for the Ephesians that they might be “filled with (or rather, _up to_) all the fulness of...
(8-15) The general exhortation of the previous verses is now emphasised by a solemn warning against deadly speculative error. Now, (1) _the character of that error in itself_ is described with apparen...
CHAPTER 2 THE BANE AND THE ANTIDOTE Colossians 2:8 (R.V.) WE come now to the first plain reference to the errors which were threatening the peace of the Colossian community. Here Paul crosses swords...
καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι. This still depends on ὅτι. ἐστὲ is obviously not an imperative. We should, perhaps, reject the view of Ellicott and Lightfoot that there are two predicates. The thoughts...
PAUL URGES HIS READERS NOT TO BE BEGUILED BY PLAUSIBLE WORDS, BUT TO HOLD CHRIST FAST AS THE PRINCIPLE OF MORAL CONDUCT. THEY MUST LET NO ONE TAKE THEM CAPTIVE BY DECEITFUL PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN TRADIT...
ESTABLISHED IN THEIR FAITH Colossians 2:1 If you know Christ, you can lay your hand on the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. They are matters of daily experience. The Apostle's aim in this chapter i...
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...
The false teachers may have suggested the road to completeness began with Christ but had to be finished with some others. Paul says completeness comes in Christ who is the head of all (Compare Matthew...
(4) And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. (5) For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastnes...
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...
_COMPLETE IN CHRIST_ ‘And ye are complete in Him, Which is the head of all principality and power.’ Colossians 2:10 St. Paul in the text asserts the sufficiency of Christ for all spiritual needs of...
10._And ye are complete in him. _He adds, that this perfect essence of Deity, which is in Christ, is profitable to us in this respect, that we are also perfect in him. “As to God’s dwelling wholly in...
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...
AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM,.... Or "filled up", or "filled full" in him; that is, are perfect in him: saints are in Christ, and all fulness being in him, they are full too, of as much as they stand in...
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Ver. 10. _And ye are complete_] Ye have that true happiness of a man, which philosophers hunted after in the thicket of ea...
_For in him dwelleth Inhabiteth_, κατοικει, continually abideth; _all the fulness of the Godhead_ Believers may be _filled with all the fulness of God, Ephesians 3:19_; but in Christ dwelleth _all the...
AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, WHICH IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER;...
CHRIST'S WORK FOR HIS CHURCH, RESULTING IN SANCTIFICATION. The glory of Christ in His work of salvation:...
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...
New Men in Christ - 2:10-15 10AND YOU ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, WHO IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER. Those who are in Christ - are complete. What else do we need? Christ is our head, making ou...
AND IN HIM YE ARE MADE FULL, WHO IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER: 'IN HIM' -i.e. through faith and baptism (Galatians 3:26). 'YE' -Christians 'ARE MADE FULL' -'and in Him you have your F...
8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a philoso...
AND YE; ye saints and holy brethren, COLOSSIANS 1:2, who have received Christ, COLOSSIANS 2:6,7, and so are mystically united to him, in whom dwelleth all fulness (as you have heard); being in him, ha...
Colossians 2:10 and G2532 are G2075 (G5748) complete G4137 (G5772) in G1722 Him G846 who G3739 is...
Colossians 2:10. AND YE ARE MADE FULL IN HIM. ‘ Ye are in Him, and being in Him ye are made full and continue thus.' This is closely connected with Colossians 2:9; because of the fulness which dwells...
1. _Warning Against being Led Away through the Philosophy of the False Teachers_. This section, which is most directly in opposition to the errors at Colossae, is introduced by a paragraph, expressing...
YE ARE MADE FULL (εστε πεπληρωμενο). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of πληροω, but only one predicate, not two. Christ is our fulness of which we all partake (John 1:16; Ephesians 1:23) and...
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...
Colossians 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:_ Do not go away from him. You have received him; keep to him. Whatever he was to you at first, let him be that...
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...
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...
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...
AND YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN FULL LIFE IN UNION WITH HIM. No one could offer them more than they already had in Christ. See 1 Corinthians 3:21-23. HE IS SUPREME. Over angels and all creation!...
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...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:10 YOU HAVE BEEN FILLED IN HIM. Believers share in Christ’s power and authority over every RULE AND AUTHORITY through their union with him. Here is the letter’s main th...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 2:9. IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY.—There is no minimising the significance of this statement. It is either true or it is the wildes...
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
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...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Peter 3:22; Colossians 1:16;...
Ye are complete in Him [ε σ τ ε ε ν α υ τ ω π ε π λ η ρ ω μ ε ν ο ι]. Rev., made full. Compare John 1:16; Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 4:13
THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE Colossians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the second chapter of Colossians, we wish to especially note the first verse, under the theme: "The Preacher's Longings after...
And ye — Who believe. Are filled with him — John 1:16. Christ is filled with God, and ye are filled with Christ. And ye are filled by him. The fulness of Christ overflows his church, Psalms 133:3. He...