“ Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. ”
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit - The love wrought in you by the Holy Spirit. It was not mere natural affection, but love worked in their hearts by the agency of the Holy Spirit...
(2) Who also declared unto us your love in the (e) Spirit. (2) He declares his good will towards them, telling them that they must not still remain at one place, but go on further both in the knowle...
A Paragraph of Thanksgiving. He always gives God thanks when he prays for them, for he has heard (from Epaphras) of their loyalty in Christ and the love which they exhibit towards all God's people:...
also, &c.. declared also. declared . See 1 Corinthians 1:11 , spirit. I.e. the product of the new nature. App-101.
Love in the Spirit I take to mean, spiritual love, according to the view of Chrysostom, with whom, however, I do not agree in the interpretation of the preceding words. Now, spiritual...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Your love in the Spirit - So we preached, and so ye believed. The heavenly flame in the heart of this minister communicated itself to those who hear...
Your love in the Spirit— The Apostle's meaning seems to be, that their love to him was purely upon a spiritual account;—for the sake of the doctrine that he taught; they not having reason to love h...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Your love ( Colossians 1:4 ) - "to all the saints." In the Spirit - the element IN which alone true love is found ( Romans 14:17 ; Roma...
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...
(3-8) In this expression of St. Paul’s thanksgiving for them there is as usual a peculiar correspondence to their circumstances. They had been full of faith, love, and hope, the fruit of a true gospe...
Chapter 1 THE PRELUDE Colossians 1:3-8 (R.V.) THIS long introductory section may at first sight give the impression of confusion, from the variety of subjects introduced. But a little thought...
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...
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...
(1) Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, (2) To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Fa...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Not only their love to God, and Christ, and to all the saints, which is before mentioned, but their love to the apostle; though they had only hear...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Ver. 8. Who also declared unto us ] His heart was over joyed with his people's forwardness, and he could not but impart it to the apostle. It wa...
We give thanks , &c. See on Romans 1:8 ; to God and the Father Or, even the Father of our Lord , &c.; or, as the original expression is still more literally rendered, To the God and Fat...
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...
Paul's Thanksgiving for the Colossians. A. D. 62. 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of...
Having with kindness and delight reported to Paul and Timothy, &c., what a spiritually fervent affection, not moved by carnal considerations, but inwrought by the Spirit, Galatians 5:6,22 , ar...
‘Even as you learned of Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.' Paul rejoiced in the close bond be...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 1:6 . In all the world. —A hyperbolic expression, by which the apostle at the world’s centre, Rome, seems to say the messengers of the gospel, go forth...
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,...
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...
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The prelude I. A thankful recognition of Christian excellence as introductory to warnings and remonstrances. Almost all Paul’s Epistl...
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...
Paul's Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession. A prayer of grateful joy:
1 Peter 1:22 ; 2 Timothy 1:7 ; Colossians 1:4 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Romans 15:30 ; Romans 5:5
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...
Your love in the Spirit — Your love wrought in you by the Spirit.