Colossians 1:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ”

• Colossians 1:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ - See the notes. at Romans 1:1 By the will of God - Notes, 1 Corinthians 1:1 . And Timotheus our brother - On the question as to why Paul associated ot...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the (a) will of God, and Timotheus [our] brother, (a) By the free bountifulness of God.

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• Colossians 1:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Colossians 1:1 f. Salutation. Paul, Christ's apostle by the will of God, writes with Timothy to the consecrated people and loyal brethren in Christ who are at Colossæ.

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• Colossians 1:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  apostle . App-189. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:1 . Jesus Christ . The texts read. Christ Jesus. App-98. by . App-104. Colossians 1:1 . will. App-102. God . App-98.

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• Colossians 1:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Paul an Apostle. I have already, in repeated instances, explained the design of such inscriptions. As, however, the Colossians had never seen him, and on that account his authority was not...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Paul, an apostle - by the will of God - As the word αποστολος, apostle, signifies one sent, an envoy or messenger, an...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Timotheus our brother— Or, Timothy the brother.

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• Colossians 1:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, х dia ( G1223 )] - 'through,' etc. (note, 1 Corinthia...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Supremacy and All-Sufficiency of Christ 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state. Paraphrase. '(1, 2) Paul and Timothy salute the...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Timotheus our brother. — Except in the mention of Timotheus (as in the other Epistles of the captivity; see Philippians 1:1 ; Philemon 1:1 ), the salutation is almost verbally coincident with the...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 1 THE WRITER AND THE READERS Colossians 1:1-2 (R.V.) We may say that each of Paul's greater epistles has in it one salient thought. In that to the Romans, it is justification by faith;...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Gospel Bearing Fruit Colossians 1:1-8 The saints are men of faith, for their holiness is derived from Christ, but they are also faithful men, and will not betray their trust. Grace is the...

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• Colossians 1:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This letter is correlative to the Ephesians, and shows the glory of the Head of the Church as at her disposal. After expressing his thankfulness for the faith, love, and hope of the saints, Paul tell...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The Apostle, after his usual Salutation, opens his Epistle, with giving Praises to God, for the Account he had heard of the Church, concerning their Faith in Christ. He prays for Grace for...

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• Colossians 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ ,.... The apostle puts his name to this epistle, by which he was known in the Gentile world, as he usually does in all his epistles; and styles himself "an apostle",...

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• Colossians 1:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Ver. 1. Paul an apostle, &c. ] This golden Epistle is an epitome, as it were, of that other to the Ephesians;...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ To convince the Colossians that all the things contained in this epistle were dictated by the Spirit of God, and therefore were at once infallibly true, and deeply...

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• Colossians 1:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE SALUTATION (vs.1-2) Paul writes with apostolic authority and by the will of God, so that total subjection to what he writes is rightly called for on the part of believers. Yet he adds, "and T...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Inscription and Apostolical Benediction. A. D.  62.       1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the w...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 1 Colossians 1:1,2 After saluting the saints at Colosse, Colossians 1:3-8 Paul testifieth his thankfulness to God for the good account he had heard of their faith and...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Opening Greeting ( Colossians 1:1-2 ) ‘Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae.' As usual Pau...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. —Here, as in the Ephesian epistle, St. Paul traces his apostolate to the will of God. It does...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Colossians 1:1-2 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace,...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Colossians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ. This is noticed in 1 Corinthians 1:3 ; 2 Corinthians 1:2 . He generally opens his addresses to the churches much in the same form of benedictio...

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• Colossians 1:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. The assertion of St. Paul that the afflictions of the faithful “work together for good” is verified by constant experience ( Romans 8:28 ; Psal...

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• Colossians 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Colossians 1:1-51 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a salutation ( Colossians 1:1 , Colossians 1:2 ), followed by thanksgiving...

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• Colossians 1:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus, our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you and peace from God, our Father,...

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• Colossians 1:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:1 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:1 ; 2 Corinthians 1:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:1 ; Ephesians 1:1 ; Philemon 1:1 ; Philippians 1:1 ; Romans 1:1

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• Colossians 1:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Visions of God's Purposes in Christ Colossians 1:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to our study in the Pauline Epistle to the Colossians, we thought it would be worth the while to obs...

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