Colossians 2:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit - That is, I seem to see you; I feel as if I were there, and were looking upon you; and I have the same solicitude as if I wer...
Colossians 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your (f) order, and the stedfastness of your (g) faith in Christ. (f) The manner of your ecclesiastical dis...
Colossians 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An Urgent Warning against a Degrading Theosophy. Let them not be led away by false reasonings, however persuasive. They must think of Paul, despite his bodily absence, as being with them in spirit...
Colossians 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

though . even if (App-118., a). with. App-104. spirit. App-101. beholding. App-133. order. See 1 Corinthians 14:40 . stedfastness. Greek. stereoma. Only here. faith. App-150....
Colossians 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. For though I am absent in body. Lest any one should object that the admonition was unseasonable, as coming from a place so remote, he says, that his affection towards them made him be p...
Colossians 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. For though I be absent in the flesh - It is hardly...
Colossians 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Yet am I with you in the spirit,— As this stands opposed to in the flesh, it seems most reasonable to understand it of St. Paul's own spirit, and not, as some have thought, of the Holy Ghost. See...
Colossians 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. For - motive for their not being beguiled;...
Colossians 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The False Teaching and its Refutation 4-15. Hold fast to Christ the All-sufficient Saviour. Paraphrase. '(4) I emphasise these truths about Christ lest you should be beguiled by plausible persu...
Colossians 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-7) In these verses St. Paul declares his deep anxiety for the Colossians and Laodiceans and others who had not seen his face, that they might seek, not the false, but the true knowledge, finding “...
Colossians 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 CONCILIATORY AND HORTATORY TRANSITION TO POLEMICS Colossians 2:4-7 (R.V.) NOTHING needs more delicacy of hand and gentleness of heart than the administration of warning or reproof, e...
Colossians 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Established in Their Faith Colossians 2:1-12 If you know Christ, you can lay your hand on the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. They are matters of daily experience. The Apostle's aim in this...
Colossians 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

If for a moment we glance back at the passage beginning with 1:24 and ending with 2:3, we find reference to a threefold mystery: the first, the Church, which is the Body of Christ; then the secret of...
Colossians 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. (5) For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastne...
Colossians 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For though I be absent in the flesh ,.... Or body, as the Ethiopic version reads it, and as it is expressed in 1 Corinthians 5:3 ; here the apostle anticipates an objection which might be made, how...
Colossians 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5. Your order, and the stedfastness ] Fai...
Colossians 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And this, I say Concerning the perfection of Christ and his gospel, and the treasures of wisdom and knowledge contained therein; lest any man should beguile you (see the margin) with enticing wo...
Colossians 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CHRIST THE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE (vs.1-10) In verse 1 the unselfish faith and love of the apostle shines beautifully. He was as deeply concerned for believers who had not seen him as he...
Colossians 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Glory of the Christian Economy. A. D. 62. 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile...
Colossians 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For though I be absent in in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit: to prevent any surmise that his distance at Rome might take him off from minding of them at Colosse, he shows that the great...
Colossians 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I say this so that no one may (or ‘let no one') delude you with persuasive speech, for though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, full of joy and beholding your order and the...
Colossians 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 2:1 . What great conflict —R.V. “how greatly I strive.” It is a repetition of the thought of the previous verse expressed in terms of the arena. For th...
Colossians 2:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 2:1 . For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; Paul had not met these Colossian Chr...
Colossians 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 2:1 . I would that ye knew what great conflict I have, in the inward feelings of my heart and wrestlings of prayer, for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many, in the adjacent...
Colossians 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Colossians 2:1-51 SECTION IV . THE APOSTLE 'S CONCERN FOR THE COLOSSI . AN CHURCH . So far the contents of the letter have been of a general and preparatory char...
Colossians 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Warning against Error. The danger of being beguiled:
Colossians 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:34 ; 1 Corinthians 14:40 ; 1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Corinthians 16:13 ; 1 Corinthians 5:3 ; 1 Corinthians 5:4 ; 1 Peter 5:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:17 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:8 ; 2...
Colossians 2:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Higher Christian Life Colossians 2:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the second chapter of Colossians, we wish to especially note the first verse, under the theme: "The Preacher's Longin...

Colossians 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Colossians 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Colossians 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Colossians 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Colossians 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Colossians 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Colossians 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Colossians 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Colossians 2:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Colossians 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Colossians 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 2:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary