is. Emph.
before. App-104.
consist. cohere, or hold together, Compare Hebrews 1:8.
And he is before all things - As he must be, if he created all things. Those who regard this as referring to a moral creation, interpret it as me...
A Paragraph of Christology (in tacit Opposition to the False Teaching at Colossæ). Christ is the derivative and visible manifestation of God who is...
17. All things were created by him, and for him. He places angels in subjection to Christ, that they may not obscure his glory, for four...
DISCOURSE: 2168 THE GLORY OF CHRIST Colossians 1:16-18 . By him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, risible and...
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
And by him all things consist— This is a new argument which St. Paul uses, to prove the super-eminent dignity and authority of Christ; namely, that...
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. ( John 8:58 ) 'And He Himself х Autos ( G846 ): the great HE] is (implying ess...
The Supremacy and All-Sufficiency of Christ 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state....
Consist] RM 'That is, hold together.' The Son is the centre of unity for the universe.
[ 2. The Doctrine of Christ. (1) His SALVATION AND REDEMPTION of us all ( Colossians 1:13-14 ). (2) His NATURE AS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD,...
He is before all things. — The words “He is” are both emphatic. He, and He only, is; all else is created. It is impossible not to refer to the “I a...
Chapter 1 THE GLORY OF THE SON IN HIS RELATION TO THE FATHER, THE UNIVERSE, AND THE CHURCH Colossians 1:15-18 (R.V.) As has already been remar...
Our Wondrous Privileges in Christ Colossians 1:9-20 Here is a paragraph which may fitly form part of our daily intercession for ourselves and o...
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...
(14) In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (15) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every c...
CHRIST THE CENTRE OF ALL ‘By Him all things consist.’ Colossians 1:17 A remarkable expression which contains a great truth. I. Christ is...
And he is before all things ,.... Not only in dignity, being preferable to angels and men in his nature, names, offices, and works, and worthy of mo...
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Ver. 17. By him all things consist ] They would soon fall asunder, had not Christ und...
For by him were all things created , &c. The casual particle οτι, for , or because , with which this verse begins, refers to both parts of the...
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...
The Redeemer's Dignity; The Work of Redemption; Paul's Preaching. A. D. 62....
And he is before all things: to obviate all exceptions to what he had said before, the apostle doth expressly assert (what was implied before) Chri...
The Glory of Christ ( Colossians 1:15-20 ). Paul now brings to their attention the glory of their Redeemer, the One Who created all things and is...
‘For in (or ‘by') him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 1:15 . Who is the image of the invisible God. —In 2 Corinthians 4:4 St. Paul had so named Christ. “B...
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 wh...
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 t...
In Whom. The deity of Christ Christ is Divine because-- I. He has redeemed us. II. He is the creator of all things. III. All things we...
Who is the image of the invisible God. This is the most exhaustive assertion of our Lord’s Godhead to be found in St. Paul’s Writings. This magnif...
By Him all things consist. That is, Christ upholds, rules, and governs all things by His providence, as is shown elsewhere ( Hebrews 1:2-3 ; Prov...
EXPOSITION Colossians 1:1-51 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a salutation ( Colossians 1:...
The Work of the exalted Christ through the Medium of the Ministry. Jesus Christ all in all:
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
1 Corinthians 8:6 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Acts 17:28 ; Colossians 1:15 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; Hebrews 13:8 ; Isaiah 43:11-13 ; Isaiah 44:6 ; John 1:1-3 ;...
The Great Creator Colossians 1:16-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are entering upon a most wonderful portion of Scripture. It has several very vital...
And he is before all things — It is not said, he was: he is from everlasting to everlasting. And by him all things consist — The original expressio...
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.