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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Colossians 4:14

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.Luke, the physician — Such he had been, at least, if he was not then. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Colossians 4:15

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.Nymphas — Probably an eminent Christian at Laodicea. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Colossians 4:16

And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.The epistle from Laodicea — Not to Laodicea. Perhaps some letter had been written to St. Paul from thence. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.And say to Archippus — One of the pastors of that church.Take heed — It is the duty of the flock to try them that say they are apostles to reject the false, and to warn, as well as to receive, the real.The ministry — Not a lordship, but a service; a laborious and painful work; an obligation to do and suffer all things; to be the least, and the servant, of all.In the Lord — Christ by whom,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:2

4. Duty of prayer, Colossians 4:2-4. 2. Prayer Keep the constant practice of it. Watch Be earnestly active in the duty, with a wakefulness of soul, always accompanying it with thanksgiving. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:3

3. A door of utterance The intercession desired is for the removal of any and all hinderances to the free preaching of the gospel, and the furnishing an opportunity to its extension. Was not their prayer really answered, though in a different way, as indeed God often answers, when the apostle’s closer imprisonment resulted in “the furtherance of the gospel?” Philippians 1:12. The mystery Namely, of which Christ is the sum. See on Colossians 2:2. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:4

4. Ought to speak Doubtless the apostle is thinking of that untrammelled speech which comported both with his high calling and his heart’s desire, but which his imprisonment hindered. Whether the answer shall come through his release or in some other way, he will be content if the cause of the gospel be advanced. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:5

5. Intercourse with persons outside the Church, Colossians 4:5-6. 5. Walk in wisdom The social relations of Christians with non-Christians, and the proper manner of life in respect to them, constitute one of the most important topics of the epistle. Heathens then, as worldly men do now, largely judged Christianity from the lives of its adherents, rather than from their professions or its doctrines. The counsel looks beyond the avoidance of all cause of reproach to a persuasion of the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:6

6. With grace In grace, as its element or dress. Our conversation should be in a religious spirit, of course, but calculated to win favour as well. Seasoned with salt Not pointless and profitless, but penetrative and purifying, through the presence of the Spirit, whose action salt symbolizes. Thus an earnest, wide-awake Christian might always be ready to make an appropriate answer to any inquiry or objection to the gospel from a non-Christian with whom he might be conversing. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:7

IV. CONCLUSION, Colossians 4:7-18. 1. Personal communications, Colossians 4:7-14. 7. Tychicus With this and the following verses, Ephesians 6:21-22, is almost word for word. Our only knowledge of Tychicus before this time is that he was an Asiatic, and he appears in Acts 20:4, as one of Paul’s companions from Corinth into Asia. He is now his special messenger to the two Churches, bearing a letter to each, and also is charged with verbal communications respecting the apostle’s condition. read more

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