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| | Colossians, Epistle To The (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools |
 | | The Christ of the Colossians is not the aeon Christ of Gnosticism. | | | He sends to them Tychicus (Colossians 4:7), who is accompanied by Onesimus, one of their own community (Colossians 4:9), and urges them to be sure to read another letter which will reach them from Laodicea (Colossians 4:16). | | | This element in the Colossian heresy was local, finding its antecedent in the worship of the river spirits, and in later years the same tendency gave the impulse to the worship of Michael as the patron saint of Colosse (so too Ramsay, Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible (five volumes), under the word "Colossae"). |
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| | Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. | | | Colossians 2:5 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. | | | Colossians 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. |
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http://www.ais-gwd.com/~cdevans/Col2.html
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| | Colossians on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Its writing was provoked by the appearance of false teachers who taught some sort of gnostic doctrine involving either the worship of angels or the worship of God in mystical communion with the angels, and ascetic and ritual observance evocative of Jewish practice. | | | It features a hymn to Jesus as the head of the cosmos and the Church, and it emphasizes the doctrine of the mystical body of Christ. | | | the Epistle to the Colossians stresses the importance of growth in faith) |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c/colossia.asp
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| | Colossians |
| | Colossians, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament. | | | Letter to the Colossians, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com. | | | Epistle to the Colossians and Colossae in the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
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http://www.textweek.com/pauline/col.htm
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| | Saint (St) Paul’s Letter (Epistle) to the Colossians |
| | In Colossians 2.9 we read, ‘in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily’ where it signifies that in Him is the totality of what God is, and this leads on to the fact that we are made complete in Him. | | | We could translate ‘in (or by) your faith’ referring to the strengthening of their personal faith (compare the use of the dative in Hebrews 13.9), but ‘even as you were taught suggests an emphasis on the taught faith. | | | It would seem that he was well known to the Colossians for he is not mentioned in Ephesians, which was probably intended for a number of churches, and was written around the same time. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ok/bibleteaching/colossians.html
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| | My Notes on Colossians |
| | God commissioned Paul as a servant to present the Word of God to the Colossians, revealing to them that "Christ in you" is the mystery of the gospel. | | | Paul has been struggling hard for the Colossians, the Laodiceans, and all those whom he has not personally met, so that they would be encouraged in heart and united in faith, and with full understanding so that they will know Christ. | | | It is uncertain whether verse 1 means that Paul had not met the Colossians and the Laodiceans. |
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http://www.gbronline.com/sferdinand/Colossians1.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistle to the Colossians |
| | Colossians was written as a warning against certain false teachers, about whom St. Paul had probably heard from Epaphras, his "fellow-prisoner" and the founder of the Church of the Colossians. | | | Colossians, Ephesians, and Philemon were written and dispatched at one and the same time, while Philippians was composed at a somewhat different period of the captivity. | | | This latter view, however, would place Christ high above the angels, and therefore cannot have been that of Colossians, who required to be taught the superiority of Christ." The objection sometimes brought from a passage of Theodoret on the Council of Laodicea, is clearly and completely refuted by Estius (Comm. |
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| | USCCB - NAB - Colossians - Introduction |
| | Colossians follows the outline of a typical Pauline letter. | | | Paul commends the community as a whole (Col 1:3-8); this seems to indicate that, though the Colossians have been under pressure to adopt the false doctrines, they have not yet succumbed. | | | The principal divisions of the Letter to the Colossians are the following: |
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http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/colossians/intro.htm
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| | COLOSSIANS, NRSV NEW TESTAMENT |
| | The letter begins with a highly complimentary description of the Colossians' lives, but unnamed teachers, who observe Jewish rituals and pursue mystical experiences through ascetic practices (2.8-23), pose a threat to their faith. | | | However, Colossians lacks certain central Pauline terms, utilizes new theological vocabulary, and is written in a significantly different, liturgical style. | | | The practices advocated are best understood as a form of Jewish apocalyptic mysticism, although others have preferred to see a synthesis of Judaism with proto-Gnostic thought, local Phrygian religious practices, or Hellenistic philosophy. |
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http://www.anova.org/sev/htm/nt/12_colossians.htm
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| | It does not appear that St. Paul had preached there himself, but that the Colossians were converted by Epaphras, a disciple of the Apostles. | | | Others explain that the text means a letter sent to St. Paul by the Laodiceans, which he sends to the Colossians to be read by them. | | | Colossians Chapter 4 He recommends constant prayer and wisdom. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/SCRIPTUR/COLOS.TXT
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| | Colossians |
| | Perrin seeks to show that there are some concepts of christology and of the church in Colossians that might be better understood as deutero-Pauline. | | | However, since there are several stylistic idiosyncrasies of Paul in the letter, Perrin must admit that the "the argument from language and style seesaws back and forth." The argument from silence on certain theological concepts is rather weak unless it is explained why Paul would be supposed to mention them. | | | Of these arguments, the strongest ones are those that maintain that Colossians shows a more developed theology in its christology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/colossians.html
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| | Colossians |
| | The key verse is Colossians 1:18, "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." Another important verse in 2:9 "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." | | | Some religious groups today do not believe that Jesus is God or that He is eternal. | | | The word "for" means is in the sense "because." By Him, Jesus, all things were created. |
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http://fly.hiwaay.net/~wgann/walk_nt/coloss.htm
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| | Colossians |
| | {Note: The Colossian church is a key church of the day, full of mature believers and very important to the early Church.} | | | Note: Verses 4 and 8 indicate that the Colossians understand the basic principals and should be able to grow in grace.} | | | The Epistle to the Laodiceans starts in Chapter 4 verse 15 and the Apostle John continues it in Revelation Chapter 3 verses 14-22.} |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/2773/colossians.html
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| | Scripture References - Book of Colossians |
| | Ministry God Entrusted to the Church (Colossians 1:24-27) | | | Paul's Ministry--Part 1 - To Fulfill the Word of God (Colossians 1:24-25) | | | Paul's Ministry--Part 2 - The Mystery of Christ in Us (Colossians 1:26-29) |
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http://www.biblebb.com/brefindex/col.htm
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| | Daily Bible Study - By The Book - Colossians |
| | Did the people at Colosse have faith in Jesus Christ (see The Faithful) and a love for the saints? | | | (Colossians 1:16) (see The Logos, The Seven Days Of Creation and Rock Of Ages) | | | (Colossians 1:18) (see The Last Day and Why Were You Born? |
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http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/colossan.htm
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| | An Urgent Resource for Today: The Danger of False Ideas - Colossians - Chuck Missler - Koinonia House |
| | The Gnostics (from gnosis, "to know") declared themselves "in the know" when it came to the deep things of God; they felt they were the "spiritual aristocracy" in the church, and they boasted a pretension to special knowledge. | | | Many Bible scholars have concluded that Colossians is the most profound letter Paul ever wrote. | | | Do heavenly bodies have any influence over our lives? |
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http://www.khouse.org/articles/2002/409
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| | "Through His Blood" of Colossians 1:14 & "KJV-ONLYISM" @ Pilgrim |
| | " in Colossians 1:14, we find that the words were probably borrowed from the parallel passage in Ephesians 1:7 by a later copyist of the Greek manuscripts. | | | The above comparison of Colossians 1:14 in the KJV with the NIV (as seen also by comparing to the NASB) reveals an omission of the words " | | | The "check-point placed by the Holy Spirit" in these matters is the |
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http://members.aol.com/pilgrimpub/hisblood.htm
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| | Colossians by Markus Barth |
| | Paul was prompted to write to the Colossian assembly when he heard that "false teachers" had joined the congregation and were advocating dangerous, non-Christian practices. | | | The Apostle Paul's letter to the Colossians offers a valuable and intimate glimpse into the life of a fledgling Christian community as it struggled to define Christian doctrine and theology. | | | In their astute and lucid commentary, eminent New Testament scholars Markus Barth and Helmut Blanke re-create the turbulent age of the birth of Christianity and examine the myriad of "outside" influences -- from cold, rational Hellenistic philosophy to exclusive, ethereal Gnostic thought -- that often threatened the evolution of Christian theology. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire |
| | We have started a Bible study on Colossians around it and it has been very good. | | | Second and most importaintly the "answer" the authors point to is Christ. | | | Whlile the post-modern in me does want to throw off reason as an idol, I do not trust paths that are forged outside of scripture as a base. |
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| | Notes on Colossians |
| | (11) The second treatise of this part of the epistle, in which he exhorts the Colossians not to allow themselves by any means to be moved from this doctrine, showing and declaring that there is nowhere else any other true Gospel. | | | And last of all in the third place, even to Col 2:6-23, he refutes the corruptions of true doctrine. | | | And from there he begins to apply the same to the Colossians with various exhortations to Col 1:22-2:6. |
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http://www.reformed.org/documents/geneva/colossians.html
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| | Colossians |
| | explored the message of Colossians for Christians living in the dawn of the 21 | | | Walsh and Keesmaat have written one of the most creative and exciting books to emerge from the current interface of biblical, cultural and political studies." | | | "After they did all of their exegetical homework, these authors decided to let the book of Colossians touch our lives in the contemporary world. |
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http://www.stjohnadulted.org/colossians.htm
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| | Colossians 3: 5 |
| | Let us hear these words as if we were the Colossians, hearing them for the first time, when this letter was read aloud (cf.4.16) in their Sunday morning meeting in 60 or 61 A.D. ("vv.1-16") | | | May God give his grace in the face of his commandment and of our natural inability to obey it. |
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http://www.negia.net/~dorme/sermons/050904.html
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| | BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: COL 1 |
| | Colossians 1:2 Some manuscripts Father and the Lord Jesus Christ | | | Colossians 1:14 A few late manuscripts redemption through his blood | | | View commentary related to this passage : Colossians 1 |
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http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=COL+1&language=english&version=NIV
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| | Theology WebSite: New Testament Study Helps: Colossians |
| | Probably Epaphras could not cope with the argumentation and the assumed humility of the leader of the false teachers and needed the greater wisdom of the apostle. | | | It was overshadowed in importance by the neighboring cities of Laodicea and Hierapolis, in both of which Christian churches had been established (Col 4:13). | | | From the references to Epaphras it would seem reasonable to suppose that the church originated as a result of his own ministry. |
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http://www.theologywebsite.com/nt/colossians.shtml
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| | Colossians 4: 5 |
| | Paul won him to the Lord and sent him back to make amends and as the bearer of Paul's letter asking for Philemon's grace and that he should remember that Philemon was a convert of Paul's and now a Christian brother! | | | Here, then, is an exhortation to the Colossians long ago and to you the saints -- not in Colossae, but in Athens, the other Athens! |
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http://www.negia.net/~dorme/sermons/080804.html
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| | Colossians |
| | Baker illuminates these texts with easy to understand distinctive insights and commentary. | | | This is a simple and clear dispensational study of Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. |
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http://www.pilkingtonandsons.com/colossians.htm
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| | Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Colossians, Introduction]. |
| | Though Paul had not the planting of this church, yet he did not therefore neglect it; nor, in writing his epistles, does he make any difference between that and other churches. | | | The Colossians, who were converted by the ministry of Epaphras, were as dear to him, and he was as much concerned for their welfare, as the Philippians, or any others who were converted by his ministry. | | | Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Colossians, Introduction]. |
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| | Bible Basics - Colossians |
| | A few commentators cast some doubt on the authorship of Paul to this letter, or perhaps state that it was modified later due to non-Pauline theological statements it contains. | | | Colossians was written by Paul at around the same time as Philemon, either from Rome shortly before Paul's death (59-62 A.D.), or perhaps abit earlier from Ephesus (54-56 A.D.). | | | All pages and information copyright 1996 - 2001 Net Ministries, Inc. |
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http://netministries.org/Bbasics/BBCol.htm
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| | Today's Word: Colossians 2:8b |
| | Either we use God's system or our own or Satan's). | | | No matter what situation a person may face, he detaches himself from it whether it is prosperity or poverty. | | | Two systems of Gnostic philosophy challenged the Colossian Christians: |
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