Colossians 1:2

1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Ephesians 6:21; Galatians 1:3; Galatians 3:9; Jude 1:2; Psalms 16:3; Revelation 1:4; Romans 1:7

Related Commentaries of Colossians 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Grace be unto you - See the notes at Romans 1:7 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at (b) Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ...
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

saints, See Acts 9:13 . faithful. App-150. in. App-104. Christ. App-98. at . in, as above. Grace . App-184. unto . to. from. App...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. To...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To the saints and faithful brethren— To the holy and faithful brethren. They might receive this appellation of holy, not only on account of the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ....
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....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Faithful ] better, 'believing.' And the Lord Jesus Christ] RV rightly omits. Full assurance] RM 'fulness.' To the acknowledgement, etc.] RV...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — The best MSS. show here, that the salutation should run simply “from God the Father,” thus varying...
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

(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

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ ,.... This is the inscription of the epistle, in which the persons wrote unto are described as "saints...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ....
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

To the saints: See Poole on " Philippians 1:1 " . And faithful brethren in Christ: See Poole on " Philippians 4:21 " . Which are at Colosse: see...
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 1:2 . To the saints and faithful brethren. —We may observe that such a phrase is characteristic of St....
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 Biblical Illustrator

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ. Saints I. Their character. Holy persons. The idea is derived from the sacred vessels of the temp...
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

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The saints — This word expresses their union with God. And brethren — This, their union with their fellow — Christians.

² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Related Commentaries of Colossians 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Colossians 1:2