For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh. (Colossians 2:1) Paul wrote to the Christians in the city of Colosse (and the city of Laodicea, which was near Colosse), and we normally…
Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. (Colossians 1:28-29) Do you know what a mission statement is? Many people and organizations use a mission statement…
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell. (Colossians 1:19) This section of Paul’s letter to the Colossians is something of a meditation on the person and work of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:15-20). Paul explained to the Colossians who Jesus is and what He did to rescue us, and he…
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. (Colossians 1:16) Paul prayed Christians in the ancient city of Colosse, and in part of his prayer there is…
In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:14) This remarkable statement comes in the midst of a prayer Paul prayed for the Christians in the ancient city of Colosse. The whom referred to in Colossians 1:14 is Jesus Christ. It is in Jesus that we have redemption through His…
Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. (Colossians 1:12-13) The Apostle Paul prayed for the Christians in the ancient city of Colosse,…
For 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 spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work…
Which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth. (Colossians 1:6) As Paul wrote to the Christians in the ancient city of Colosse—people he had yet to…
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of…
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Colossians 1:2) The Apostle Paul wrote many letters to the churches that he founded in his work as an evangelist and church planter. The letter he wrote the Colossians…
Now these are the last words of David. Thus says David the son of Jesse; thus says the man raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel: “The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue. The God of Israel…
Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the sons of the giant. Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the…