"Watch your life and doctrine closely"
Colossians 2:6-7: Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Yesterday we looked at v. 6, today we’ll focus our attention on v. 7. Paul provides more explanation on how we are…
Colossians 2:6-7: Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Today, we’ll look specifically at v. 6. Paul summarizes all that he has been arguing up to this point. Jesus is Lord…
Colossians 2:3-5: …in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments In Christ are ALL the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Scripture is filled with knowledge about Christ and his work. We discussed in the previous post the importance…
Colossians 2:2: …that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ… In the previous verse, Paul shared his pastoral longing for the Colossians and those in Laodicea. In this verse, he tells them what…
Colossians 2:1: For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face… In the previous passage, Paul shared the sufferings of his ministry and his willingness to continue suffering for the sake of the church….
Colossians 1:29: For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. As we saw in the last verse, we are to proclaim Christ to others. We are to warn them of the judgment to come and provide the hope of the gospel. Since this is so important, we are…
Colossians 1:28: Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. Paul shows us the content of the message we are to preach: Christ. If the teaching of vv. 15-20 is true, then Christ is the all-powerful, loving savior. He is the answer to all…
Colossians 1:26-27: …the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. In the previous verse, Paul made it clear that his…
Colossians 1:24-25: Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to…
Colossians 1:21-23 reads: And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the…