Might be comforted,— The original word παρακληθωσις signifies not only "to have consolation administered under affliction," but "to be exhorted and quickened, excited and animated; and so recovered from indolence and irresolution as well as dejection:" the expression rendered all riches of the full assurance of understanding, or the richest and most assured understanding, is extremely emphatical; more agreeable to the Hebrew than the Greek idiom; and it is one of the many instances of that strong manner of speaking with which the writings of our apostle abound. "The mystery here spoken of," says Dr. Heylin, "is the same as before at Colossians 1:27 of the last chapter. I conceive that it relates to the divine paternity and filiation in us [the in-dwelling of the Father and the Son in the hearts of the faithful]. But as it appears from this verse, that the comprehension of that mystery depends upon a certain disposition of heart and enlargement of the understanding, no expression can convey the knowledge of it, until the requisite dispositions are produced." See the preceding analysis.
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Colossians 2:2
2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;