Colossians 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. ”

Colossians 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rooted ...in him - As a tree strikes its roots deep in the earth, so our faith should strike deep into the doctrine respecting the Saviour. See the phrase used here explained in the parallel plac...
Colossians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Rooted. See Ephesians 3:17 . built up. See Acts 20:33 , and compare Ephesians 2:20 . stablished . See Romans 15:8 (confirm). in . by. therein . in (App-104) it.
Colossians 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And confirmed in the faith. He now repeats without a figure the same thing that he had expressed by metaphors, — that the prosecution of the way, the support of the root, and of the found...
Colossians 2:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2175 THE CHARACTER OF CHRISTIANS Colossians 2:6-7 . As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him; rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as...
Colossians 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Rooted and built up in him - It is not usual with the apostle to employ this doub...
Colossians 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. (Having been) rooted ( Ephesians 3:17 ). Built up , х epoikodomoumen...
Colossians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘IN HIM’ ‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught.’ Colossians 2:6-7 There is...
Colossians 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Rooted and built up in him ,.... By these metaphors, the apostle expresses the safe and happy state of these believers; and which he makes use of as arguments, to engage them to walk on in Christ, a...
Colossians 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Ver. 7. Abounding therein with thanksgiving ] Thankfulness for smaller measur...
Colossians 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As , or since, ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord Have acknowledged Jesus of Nazareth to be the true Messiah promised to the Jews, and consequently a divinely-commissioned Teacher, Mediator, S...
Colossians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Rooted and built up in him; showing how they should abide and persevere in the faith, by continuing in him as branches do in the root, 1 Thessalonians 15:4 , and resting upon him as a building u...
Colossians 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith (or ‘your faith'), even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.' Pau...
Colossians 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 2:7 . Rooted and built up. —St. Paul passes over rapidly from one conception to another of quite a different kind. We cannot call it mixed metaphor. We...
Colossians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle now builds up his admonition on this tactful premise:
Colossians 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 ; 1 Peter 2:4-6 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ; 2 Corinthians 1:21 ; 2 Peter 3:17 ; 2 Peter 3:18 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:17 ; Colossians 1:12...
Colossians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rooted in him — As the vine. Built — On the sure foundation.

Colossians 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Colossians 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Colossians 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Colossians 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Colossians 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Colossians 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 2:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Colossians 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes