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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 2:1-23

Colossians 2:1-2 . 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 districts, as have not seen my face in the flesh. I want you to be comforted in the Lord by the strong bonds of unity, concord, and love. I want the gospel to be preached to you in all its excellence and extent, to the full assurance of understanding and prudence in the knowledge of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 2:1-4

Colossians 2:1-4For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you.Ministerial anxietyThis anxiety was occasioned by the subtle errors prevalent in Colossae. Error cannot come into collision with truth without creating confusion of ideas, mental distraction, and moral restlessness. This anxiety was--I. Intense. The thought of the preceding verse is here expanded. The conflict refers not so much to outward trial, etc., as to his fervent and importunate wrestling with God. The error must... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 2:5

Colossians 2:5Though I be absent in the flesh.I. The mode of the apostle’s affection towards the Colossians.1. He shows that he was never so far away: from them but in mind, care, and thought he was with them. This was necessary lest they should think he was ignorant of them and indifferent to them, never having visited them. It is the peculiarity of the lover not to be severed in mind from those whom he loves, although separated by space.2. He rejoiced at what he beheld in them, and expressed... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 2:6-7

Colossians 2:6-7As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk ye in Him.Christian activity the safeguard of the ChurchThis letter was written under opposite feelings--feelings that never seem absent from the apostle--the most intense faith in the gospel and the most intense fear for it. No shadow of doubt crossed his mind that it was God’s gospel, and that the whole power of God went with it; and yet he was filled with fear for it and its success in the world. This seems a strange... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:1

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; Ver. 1. For I would that ye knew ] Little do most men know what incessant care and pains their faithful ministers take for their souls’ health. But we would they should know it, and know those that labour among them, and are over them in the Lord, and to "esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake," 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:2

2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; Ver. 2. That their hearts may be comforted ] Ministers are "sons of consolation," while by them God maketh the heart to hear of joy and gladness, Psalms 51:8 , and createth the fruit of their lips peace, peace, &c., Isaiah 57:19 . Being knit together ] No such comfort upon the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:3

3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Ver. 3. In whom are hid ] What so great a matter is it then if we be obscured, and our good parts not so noticed? Usque adeone scire tuum nihil est? (Pers.) Christ was content his treasures should be hidden. In maxima sui mole se minimum ostendunt stellae. All the treasures of wisdom ] Out of Christ then there is no true wisdom or solid comfort to be found. "The depth saith, It is not in me, and the sea saith, It is not with me,"... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:4

4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. Ver. 4. With enticing words ] With probable and persuasible speeches, πιθανολογια . It is not safe for simple men to hear heretics; for though they may think themselves able enough to answer them, yet they have a notable faculty of persuading the credulous and less cautelous. a The Valentinian heretics had an art to persuade before they taught. (Tertull.) The locusts have faces like women. In the year 497, Pope Anastasius... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:5

5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. Ver. 5. Your order, and the stedfastness ] Faith and order, that is, doctrine and discipline, saith one. These two make the Church "fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners," Song of Solomon 6:10 . The stedfastness of your faith ] Gr. στερεωμα . The firmament of your faith. As in the first creation, so in the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:6

6 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, 2 Peter 3:17 . Happy is he that can say in a spiritual sense (as it was said of Moses), that after long profession of religion his sight is not waxed dim nor his natural strength abated. read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 2:1-23

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 2:1-4

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 2:5

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 2:6-7

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:6

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