Colossians 1:1

1 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; Philemon 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Romans 1:1

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ - See the notes. at Romans 1:1 By the will of God - Notes, 1 Corinthians 1:1 . And Timotheus our broth...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the (a) will of God, and Timotheus [our] brother, (a) By the free bountifulness of God.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:1 f. Salutation. Paul, Christ's apostle by the will of God, writes with Timothy to the consecrated people and loyal brethren in Chri...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

apostle . App-189. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:1 . Jesus Christ . The texts read. Christ Jesus. App-98. by . App-104. Colossians 1:1 . will. App...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Paul an Apostle. I have already, in repeated instances, explained the design of such inscriptions. As, however, the Colossians had never s...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Paul, an apostle - by the will of God - As the word αποστολος, apos...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Timotheus our brother— Or, Timothy the brother.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, х dia...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Supremacy and All-Sufficiency of Christ 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Timotheus our brother. — Except in the mention of Timotheus (as in the other Epistles of the captivity; see Philippians 1:1 ; Philemon 1:1 ), the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 1 THE WRITER AND THE READERS Colossians 1:1-2 (R.V.) We may say that each of Paul's greater epistles has in it one salient thought. In...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 me...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Apostle, after his usual Salutation, opens his Epistle, with giving Praises to God, for the Account he had heard of the Church, concern...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 Colo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ ,.... The apostle puts his name to this epistle, by which he was known in the Gentile world, as he usually does in...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Ver. 1. Paul an apostle, &c. ] This golden Epistle is an ep...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ To convince the Colossians that all the things contained in this epistle were dictated by the Spirit of God, and t...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Inscription and Apostolical Benediction. A. D. 62....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 1 Colossians 1:1,2 After saluting the saints at Colosse, Colossians 1:3-8 Paul testifieth his thankfulness to God for...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Opening Greeting ( Colossians 1:1-2 ) ‘Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faith...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. —Here, as in the Ephesian epistle, St. Paul...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. The assertion of St. Paul that the afflictions of the faithful “work together for good” is ver...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Colossians 1:1-51 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a salutation ( Colossians 1:...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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:...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Opening Salutation.
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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 Colossi...

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

Related Commentaries of Colossians 1:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Colossians 1:1