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Verse 6. _AS YE HAVE THEREFORE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS_] Many persons
lay a certain stress on the words _as_ and _so_, and make various fine
heads of discourses from them; viz. _As_ ye received Christ...
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AS YE HAVE THEREFORE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD - Have received
him by faith as your Saviour, or as you were instructed respecting his
rank, character, and work. The object here is to induce them...
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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
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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...
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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...
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My struggle is that their hearts may be encouraged, that they may be
united together in love, that they may come to all the wealth of the
assured ability to take the right decision in any situation, t...
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CHRIST JESUS. App-08.
LORD. App-98. For this full title see Romans 6:23....
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_As ye have therefore_&c. As if to say, "I see with joy your present
stedfast faith and consequent holy union; therefore I entreat you at
once to stay there and to grow there, for you will be tempted...
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6, 7. _Transition to direct warning against the false teachers_. Right
reception of truth is well as far as it goes, but truth must be put
into life
(Colossians 2:6) Your faith is sound, therefore liv...
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ὩΣ. Cf. 2 Corinthians 7:14, where however οὕτως follows.
ΟΥ̓͂Ν. The immediate reference is to the latter part of
Colossians 2:5, but the next verse shows that St Paul is going back in
thought as far a...
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DISCOURSE: 2175
THE CHARACTER OF CHRISTIANS
Colossians 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him; rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the
faith, as ye hav...
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OUTLINE OF 2:6-23
D.
CHRISTThe antidote for false doctrine; Colossians 2:6-23
1.
Walk in Christ as you received him; Colossians 2:6-7
a.
Rooted and builded up.
b.
Established in your faith.
c...
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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in
him:
'As therefore ye received (once for all: : aorist, from Epaphras)
Jesus the Christ as your Lord (cf. ; ;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AS YE HAVE THEREFORE RECEIVED. — Comp. the more emphatic language of
Colossians 1:5; Colossians 1:23. As in the case of the Corinthians and
Galatians (2 Corinthians 11:4 and...
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(1-7) In these verses St. Paul declares his deep anxiety for the
Colossians and Laodiceans and others who had not seen his face, that
they might seek, not the false, but the true knowledge, finding “t...
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CHAPTER 2
CONCILIATORY AND HORTATORY TRANSITION TO POLEMICS
Colossians 2:4 (R.V.)
NOTHING needs more delicacy of hand and gentleness of heart than the
administration of warning or reproof, especiall...
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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...
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ὧς οὖν παρελάβετε. Oltramare translates “since,”
and interprets, “since ye have received Christ … it is in Him you
must walk”. But probably the usual interpretation “as” is right,
meaning the form in...
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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...
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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...
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The good news had been transmitted by God for man's benefit. Those who
recognized Jesus Christ as Lord, by yielding to Him in obedience,
received that transmission. Those who had so yielded to Christ'...
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As ye have therefore (h) received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye
in him:
(h) So then Christ does not depend upon men's traditions....
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(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...
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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...
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_‘IN HIM’_
‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in
Him: rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye
have been taught.’
Colossians 2:6
There is a wonde...
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6._As ye have received. _To commendation he adds exhortation, in which
he teaches them that their having once received Christ will be of no
advantage to them, unless they remain in him. Farther, as th...
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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...
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AS YE HAVE THEREFORE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD,.... Receiving
Christ is believing in him: faith is the eye of the soul, that sees
the beauty, glory, fulness, and suitableness of Christ; the foot...
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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, _so_ walk ye in
him:
Ver. 6. _So walk ye in him_] Continue well affected, as ye were at
your first conversion; fall not from your own stedfastness...
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_As_, or _since, ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord_ Have
acknowledged Jesus of Nazareth to be the true Messiah promised to the
Jews, and consequently a divinely-commissioned Teacher, Mediator,
Sa...
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CHRIST JESUS THE LORD; emphatically, Christ Jesus as your supreme Lord
and Saviour, and no yoke of carnal ordinances.
WALK YE IN HIM; continue in the belief and practice of those truths
which you rec...
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The apostle now builds up his admonition on this tactful premise:...
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AS YE HAVE, THEREFORE, RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD, SO WALK YE IN
HIM;...
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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...
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Call to Continuance - 2:6-7
6AS YOU THEREFORE HAVE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD, SO WALK IN HIM,
ZA "receive means to take to one's side, to receive to one's self,
admit, acknowledge" Vine "to rec...
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AS THEREFORE YE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD, SO WALK IN HIM,
'AS' -'live in accordance with what you received' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p.
521). 'So just as' (Gspd)
'RECEIVED' -3880. paralambano par-al-am-...
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1-7 The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it
is in Jesus. When we not only believe with the heart, but are ready,
when called, to make confession with the mouth. Knowledge an...
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Having cautioned them against sophistical seducers, and commended them
for that order and sound faith he understood to be amongst them, he
here infers an exhortation to continuance in both, especially...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "As ye have therefore received
Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him, and
stablished in the faith."[129]
Clement of Alexandria Stromat...
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Colossians 2:6 As G5613 have G3880 therefore G3767 received G3880
(G5627) Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 Lord G2962 wal
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‘As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith (or ‘your
faith'), even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.'
Paul'...
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Colossians 2:6. AS THEN (in view of this order and stedfastness) YE
RECEIVED, _i.e.,_ by instruction from your teachers, not, ‘as ye
accepted.'
CHRIST ETUI THE LORD. HE was the object in which the in...
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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...
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AS THEREFORE YE RECEIVED
(ως ουν παρελαβετε). Second aorist active indicative of
παραλαμβανω in same sense as in 1 Thessalonians 4:1;
Philippians 4:9 (both μανθανω and παραλαμβανω) that
is like μανθ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SINCE YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS LORD. Accepted him as the
visible likeness of the invisible God, the creator of all things, the
head [teacher and ruler] of the church which is his body; and ha...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:6 YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE
LORD. Paul reminds the Colossians of the foundational teaching of
Epaphras when they first became Christians. At the heart of this is
th...
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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...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 2:7. ROOTED AND BUILT UP.—St. Paul passes over rapidly
from one conception to another of quite a different kind. We cannot
call it mixed metaphor. We commo...
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 John 2:6; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:12; 1 John 5:20;
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Ye received [π α ρ ε λ α β ε τ ε]. By transmission from [π
α ρ α] your teachers.
Christ Jesus the Lord [τ ο ν χ ρ ι σ τ ο ν ι η σ ο υ ν
τ ο ν κ υ ρ ι ο ν]. The Christ, specially defined by the
follow...
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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...
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So walk in him — In the same faith, love, holiness....
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This is, "As you have received the doctrine of Christ Jesus, the Lord,
by the preaching of Epaphras, and therein have embraced Christ by
faith, so do you constantly adhere to that doctrine, conforming...