1 Peter 1:22; 2 Timothy 1:7; Colossians 1:4; Galatians 5:22; Romans 15:30; Romans 5:5
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit - The love wrought in you by the Holy Spirit. It was not mere natural affection, but love worke...
(2) Who also declared unto us your love in the (e) Spirit. (2) He declares his good will towards them, telling them that they must not still remain...
A Paragraph of Thanksgiving. He always gives God thanks when he prays for them, for he has heard (from Epaphras) of their loyalty in Christ and the...
also, &c.. declared also. declared . See 1 Corinthians 1:11 , spirit. I.e. the product of the new nature. App-101.
Love in the Spirit I take to mean, spiritual love, according to the view of Chrysostom, with whom, however, I do not agree in the interp...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Your love in the Spirit - So we preached, and so ye believed. The heavenly flame in the heart of t...
Your love in the Spirit— The Apostle's meaning seems to be, that their love to him was purely upon a spiritual account;—for the sake of the doctrin...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Your love ( Colossians 1:4 ) - "to all the saints." In the Spirit - the element IN whi...
The Supremacy and All-Sufficiency of Christ 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state....
(3-8) In this expression of St. Paul’s thanksgiving for them there is as usual a peculiar correspondence to their circumstances. They had been full o...
Who also declared unto us. — This refers to news recently brought by Epaphras to St. Paul at Rome. He had been a minister in St. Paul’s stead; he n...
Chapter 1 THE PRELUDE Colossians 1:3-8 (R.V.) THIS long introductory section may at first sight give the impression of confusion, from the var...
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...
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...
(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...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Not only their love to God, and Christ, and to all the saints, which is before mentioned, but th...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Ver. 8. Who also declared unto us ] His heart was over joyed with his people's forwardness, an...
We give thanks , &c. See on Romans 1:8 ; to God and the Father Or, even the Father of our Lord , &c.; or, as the original expression is...
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...
Paul's Thanksgiving for the Colossians. A. D. 62....
Having with kindness and delight reported to Paul and Timothy, &c., what a spiritually fervent affection, not moved by carnal considerations, but...
‘Even as you learned of Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, who also declared to us your love i...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 1:6 . In all the world. —A hyperbolic expression, by which the apostle at the world’s centre, Rome, se...
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...
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The prelude I. A thankful recognition of Christian excellence as introductory to wa...
Which is come unto you as it is in all the world. The true gospel universally the same I. In It’s adaptation and enterprise. “Which is come unt...
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. The apostle rejoiced over the fact that the Colossians lived. This affirmation is to be proved....
EXPOSITION Colossians 1:1-51 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a salutation ( Colossians 1:...
Paul's Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession. A prayer of grateful joy:
who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. It is characteristic of the Apostle Paul that he always finds some reason for thanksgiving, tha...
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...
Your love in the Spirit — Your love wrought in you by the Spirit.
8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.