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Verse 14. _BLOTTING OUT THE HAND-WRITING OF ORDINANCES_] By the
hand-writing of ordinances the apostle most evidently means the
_ceremonial law_: this was against them, for they were bound to fulfil
i...
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BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING - The word rendered handwriting means
something written by the hand, a manuscript; and here, probably, the
writings of the Mosaic law, or the law appointing many ordinance...
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II. COMPLETE IN HIM, IN WHOM ALL THE FULLNESS DWELLS
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The mystery of God (Colossians 2:1)_
2. Complete in Christ (Colossians 2:9)
3. Exhortations and warnings (Colossians 2:16)
Colo...
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AN URGENT WARNING AGAINST A DEGRADING THEOSOPHY. Let them not be led
away by false reasonings, however persuasive. They must think of Paul,
despite his bodily absence, as being with them in spirit (1...
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LOVE'S STRUGGLE (Colossians 2:1)
_ 2:1 I want you to know how great a struggle I am going through for
you, and for the people of Laodicaea, and for all those who have never
seen me face to face._
He...
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BLOTTING OUT. Having blotted out. See Acts 3:19.
HANDWRITING. Greek. _cheirographon._ Only here.
ORDINANCES. See Acts 16:4,
AGAINST. App-104.
CONTRARY. Greek _hupenantios. Only_ here and Hebrews 1...
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_blotting out_ CANCELLED (Lightfoot). The act of "forgiving" is
described under vivid imagery. Cp. Acts 3:19; and see Psalms 51:1;
Psalms 51:9; Psalms 109:14; Nehemiah 4:5; Isaiah 44:22; Jeremiah
18:2...
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_You have in Christ far more than what the false teachers promise you
and demand of you, for He is superior to all spiritual powers_
(Colossians 2:8) Be watchful not to be led astray. Many a false
tea...
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ΈΞΑΛΕΊΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΞΑΛΕΊΦΩ (G1813)
омывать, стирать. Это относится к
стиранию опыта из памяти, отмене
обета, аннулированию закона, снятию
обвинения или прощению долга. Этим
словом обознач...
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DISCOURSE: 2178
TRIUMPHS OF THE CROSS
Colossians 2:13. _And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses;...
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BLOTTING OUT THE HAND-WRITING, &C.— _Having blotted out with respect
to us, the hand-writing_ of Jewish _ordinances_ and institutions,
_which_ w_as contrary to us,_ (Acts 15:10.) and had an evident
ef...
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14. HAVING BLOTTED OUT THE BOND WRITTEN IN ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST
US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US: AND HE HATH TAKEN IT OUT OF THE WAY,
NAILING IT TO THE CROSS;
_Translation and Paraphrase_
14. (C...
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Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which
was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his
cross;
BLOTTING OUT, [ exaleipsas (G1813)] - 'having wiped o...
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The Secret of Christ
23 The scope of reconciliation is not confined to mankind: it is as
broad as creation. Its proclamation was made to every creature under
heaven. It is God's loving purpose to...
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2:14 effaced (f-2) Used for annulling a decree of law; as 'blot out,'
Acts 3:19 ; Revelation 3:5 . handwriting (g-4) Handwriting, obligation
to which a man is subject by his signature....
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THE FALSE TEACHING AND ITS REFUTATION
4-15. Hold fast to Christ the All-sufficient Saviour.
PARAPHRASE. '(4) I emphasise these truths about Christ lest you should
be beguiled by plausible persuasions...
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CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED
THE COLOSSIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 2
V1 I am working for you. I am working for the peo...
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(8-15) The general exhortation of the previous verses is now
emphasised by a solemn warning against deadly speculative error. Now,
(1) _the character of that error in itself_ is described with
apparen...
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CHAPTER 2
THE CROSS THE DEATH OF LAW AND THE TRIUMPH OVER EVIL POWERS
Colossians 2:14 (R.V.)
The same double reference to the two characteristic errors of the
Colossians which we have already met s...
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PAUL URGES HIS READERS NOT TO BE BEGUILED BY PLAUSIBLE WORDS, BUT TO
HOLD CHRIST FAST AS THE PRINCIPLE OF MORAL CONDUCT. THEY MUST LET NO
ONE TAKE THEM CAPTIVE BY DECEITFUL PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN TRADIT...
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AVOIDING ERRORS
Colossians 2:13
The reiteration of the prepositions in and with emphasizes our close
identification with our Savior. Such we are in the purpose of God, and
so we should be in daily e...
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If for a moment we glance back at the passage beginning with 1:24 and
ending with 2:3, we find reference to a threefold mystery: the first,
the Church, which is the Body of Christ; then the secret of...
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Things Which Resulted from Christ's Resurrection"The handwriting of
requirements" is an apparent reference to the ten commandments, which
God wrote on tables of stone, and the rest of the law of Moses...
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(14) Blotting out the (t) handwriting of ordinances that was against
us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it
to his cross;
(14) He speaks now more generally against the w...
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_Blotting out, &c.[4] This is commonly expounded of the sentence of
eternal death pronounced against sinful Adam, and all his posterity,
for having sinned in him. Others would have it to signify only...
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(11) In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made
without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ: (12) Buried with him in baptism, wherein...
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The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the
Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in
nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
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14._Having blotted out the hand-writing which was against us. _He now
contends with the false apostles in close combat. For this was the
main point in question, — whether the observance of ceremonies...
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Thus we have a double ministry, as well as a double preeminence of
Christ, and a double reconciliation; and each having a similar
relationship the one to the other: Christ, the Head of all things in
h...
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BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES,.... Various are the senses
interpreters give of these words; some think by the handwriting is
meant the covenant God made with Adam, Genesis 2:17, which bei...
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Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which
was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his
cross;
Ver. 14. _Blotting out the handwriting_] Crossing out th...
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_And you_ Believing Gentiles; _being_ formerly _dead in your sins_
Under the guilt and power of your sins, (see on Ephesians 2:1;
Ephesians 2:5,) _and the uncircumcision of your flesh_ Your corrupt
an...
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THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES; the Jewish ceremonial law, which lay in
the letter, and not in the spirit.
CONTRARY TO US; burdensome, opposed to our liberty and peace as
Christians, and constituting...
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CHRIST'S WORK FOR HIS CHURCH, RESULTING IN SANCTIFICATION.
The glory of Christ in His work of salvation:...
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CHRIST THE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE
(vs.1-10)
In verse 1 the unselfish faith and love of the apostle shines
beautifully. He was as deeply concerned for believers who had not seen
him as he was...
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New Men in Christ - 2:10-15
10AND YOU ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, WHO IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND
POWER.
Those who are in Christ - are complete. What else do we need?
Christ is our head, making ou...
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HAVING BLOTTED OUT THE BOND WRITTEN IN ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US,
WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US: AND HE HATH TAKEN IT OUT THAT WAY, NAILING
IT TO THE CROSS;
'HAVING' -The same type of past-tense lan...
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8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable
faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the
knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a
philoso...
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BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US: having
just before manifested God's grace in the free forgiveness of all
their trespasses, he doth here adjoin the foundation and means...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
pointing out thus that remission of sins which follows upon His
advent, by which "He has destroyed the handwriting" of our debt, and
"fastened it to the cross; "[151]...
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Colossians 2:14 out G1813 (G5660) handwriting G5498 requirements G1378
against G2596 us G2257 which G3739 was G2258 (G5713) contrary G5227 us
G2254 And G2532 taken G142 (G5758) it G846 of G1537 way G3...
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‘Having blotted out the written bond in ordinances that was against
us, which was contrary to us, and he has taken it out of the way,
nailing it to the cross, having put off from himself the
principal...
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1. _Warning Against being Led Away through the Philosophy of the False
Teachers_.
This section, which is most directly in opposition to the errors at
Colossae, is introduced by a paragraph, expressing...
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HAVING BLOTTED OUT
(εξαλειψας). And so "cancelled." First aorist active
participle of old verb εξαλειφω, to rub out, wipe off, erase.
In N.T. only in Acts 3:19 (LXX); Revelation 3:5; Colossians 2:1...
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Colossians 2:1. _For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have
for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my
face in the flesh;_
Paul had not met these Colossian Christ...
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CONTENTS: Godhead incarnate in Christ. Danger of those who would
entice away from Christ. Philosophy and legality, mysticism and
asceticism.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Believers who...
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Colossians 2:1. _I would that ye knew what great conflict I have,_ in
the inward feelings of my heart and wrestlings of prayer, _for you,
and for them at Laodicea, and for as many,_ in the adjacent di...
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HE CANCELED. The Law of Jewish rites. The Law was a curse because no
one could keep it (_see_ James 2:10; Acts 15:10). NAILING IT TO THE
CROSS. Jesus canceled the Law by fulfilling it for us (Romans 8...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:4 The Dangerous Teaching at
Colossae. Paul delivers a series of warnings about the teaching that
threatens the Colossian church. In doing so, he also provides
important...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 2:14. BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING.—“Wiping out the old
score,” as we might say. All that bond which was valid against them
Christ had for ever rendered nu...
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EXPOSITION
COLOSSIANS 2:1
SECTION IV. THE APOSTLE'S CONCERN FOR THE COLOSSI. AN CHURCH. So far
the contents of the letter have been of a general and preparatory
character. New the writer begins to...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Colossians, chapter two.
Paul had never visited Colosse. He had heard of the church from
Epaphras, who was the minister there, who had told Paul of the love
that the...
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2 Thessalonians 2:7; Acts 3:19; Colossians 2:20; Daniel 5:7; Daniel
5:8; Ephesians 2:14; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:8; Galatians 4:1; Hebrews
10:8
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Blotting out [ε ξ α λ ε ι ψ α ς]. See on Acts 3:19; compare
Revelation 3:5. The simple verb ajleifw means to anoint, see on John
11:2. Hence to besmear. The compounded preposition ejx means
completely...
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THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE
Colossians 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we enter the second chapter of Colossians, we wish to especially
note the first verse, under the theme: "The Preacher's Longings after...
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Having blotted out — in consequence of his gracious decrees, that
Christ should come into the world to save sinners, and that whosoever
believeth on him should have everlasting life. The handwriting a...