Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) The apostle Paul had never met the Christians of Colosse, but he cared about them and how false teachers and their teachings threatened their…
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. (Colossians 2:6-7) In the ancient city of Colosse there were false teachers who hoped to seduced the Christians there away from…
That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:2-3) In these two verses Paul…
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…