And he is before all things — It is not said, he was: he is from everlasting to everlasting. And by him all things consist — The original expression not only implies, that he sustains all things in being, but more directly, All things were and are compacted in him into one system. He is the cement, as well as support, of the universe. And is he less than the supreme God?
Verse 17. See Clarke on Col 1:16...
AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS - As he must be, if he created all things. Those who regard this as referring to a moral creation, interpret it as meaning that he has the pre-eminence over all things; not...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE PERSON OF CHRIST, His GLORY AND His WORK CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Colossians 1:1)_ 2. The prayer (Colossians 1:9) 3. The person and glory of Christ, Head o...
A PARAGRAPH OF CHRISTOLOGY (IN TACIT OPPOSITION TO THE FALSE TEACHING AT COLOSSÆ). Christ is the derivative and visible manifestation of God who is unseen. He is the heir-in-chief of the created unive...
CHRISTIAN GREETINGS (Colossians 1:1) _ 1:1 This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and from Timothy, the brother, to the dedicated people of God and faithful brothe...
He is the image of the invisible God, begotten before all creation, because by him all things were created, in heaven and upon earth, the things which are visible and the things which are invisible, w...
IS. Emph. BEFORE. App-104. CONSIST. cohere, or hold together, Compare Hebrews 1:8....
_he_ Emphatic in the Greek; He, and no other who could even seem to rival or obscure His sublime eminence. _is before all things ante omnes_, Latin Versions. The Greek genitive form is ambiguous; it...
ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι. The Greek Texts of F and of G omit ἐν. So also Origenint 1.89 _et omnia illi constant_, and Hilary. 17. ΚΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ. Colossians 1:18, note. ἜΣΤΙΝ. “Non dicit, _factus est_ [ἐγένετο]; neque...
15–23. _The nature, office, and work of Him into whose sovereignty they have been removed_ (Colossians 1:15-20), _together with a further statement of the meaning and aim of their emancipation_ (Colos...
ΑΎΤΌΣ (G846) _pron._ используется эмфатически: Сам Он, в отличие от сотворенных существ (Abbott). Здесь это значит: "Он, и никто другой" (МТ,40). ΠΡΌ (G4253) раньше. Предлог может относиться к времен...
DISCOURSE: 2168 THE GLORY OF CHRIST Colossians 1:16. By him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, risible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or princip...
AND BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST— This is a new argument which St. Paul uses, to prove the super-eminent dignity and authority of Christ; namely, that as the Father _made_ all things by him, so he _uphol...
17. AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST. 18. AND HE IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH: WHO IS THE BEGINNING, THE FIRSTBORN FROM THE DEAD; THAT IN ALL THINGS HE MIGHT HAVE THE...
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (John 8:58) 'And He Himself [ Autos (G846): the great HE] is (implying essential being) before all things,' in time, as well as dignity....
1 "Paul, a commissioner of Christ Jesus," introduces us to a glorified Christ in heaven and invokes the authority vested in Paul as His legate. Contrast the character assumed by Paul in Philippians. 4...
THE SUPREMACY AND ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state. PARAPHRASE. '(1, 2) Paul and Timothy salute the saints...
CONSIST] RM 'That is, hold together.' The Son is the centre of unity for the universe....
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. INTRODUCTION THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. He was in...
HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS. — The words “He is” are both emphatic. He, and He only, is; all else is created. It is impossible not to refer to the “I am” of Eternal existence, as claimed by our Lord for H...
[2. The Doctrine of Christ. (1) His SALVATION AND REDEMPTION of us all (Colossians 1:13). (2) His NATURE AS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, the creator and sustainer of all things heavenly and eart...
CHAPTER 1 THE GLORY OF THE SON IN HIS RELATION TO THE FATHER, THE UNIVERSE, AND THE CHURCH Colossians 1:15 (R.V.) As has already been remarked, the Colossian Church was troubled by teachers who had...
THIS SON IN WHOM WE HAVE OUR DELIVERANCE IS THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD, THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, INCLUDING THE ANGELIC POWERS, AND HE IS THE GOAL FOR WHIC...
αὐτός ἐστιν. αὐτ. is emphatic, He and no other. Lightfoot (followed by Westcott and Hort and Ellicott) accents ἔστιν, “He exists,” on account of the present, and compares ἐγὼ εἰμί (John 8:58). But the...
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST Colossians 1:9 Here is a paragraph which may fitly form part of our daily intercession for ourselves and others. We all need a quicker insight into God's will, and t...
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 the faith, love, and hope of the saints, Paul tells...
Paul used words in verse 17 which would say "he (Christ) and only he is" before all things and the One through whom all things consist. It is reminiscent of the Lord's identification of Himself to Mos...
(14) In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (15) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (16) For by him were all things created, t...
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...
_CHRIST THE CENTRE OF ALL_ ‘By Him all things consist.’ Colossians 1:17 A remarkable expression which contains a great truth. I. CHRIST IS THE CENTRE OF ALL. (_a_) _ Of the visible world_. Chris...
17._All things were created by him, and for him. _He places angels in subjection to Christ, that they may not obscure his glory, for _four _reasons: In the _first _place, because they were _created by...
The Epistle to the Colossians looks at the Christian as risen with Christ, but not, as in that to the Ephesians, as sitting in heavenly places in Christ. A hope is laid up for him in heaven; he is to...
AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS,.... Not only in dignity, being preferable to angels and men in his nature, names, offices, and works, and worthy of more honour than all creatures; but he is before them i...
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Ver. 17. _By him all things consist_] They would soon fall asunder, had not Christ undertaken to uphold the shattered condition thereof, by...
_For by him were all things created_, &c. The casual particle οτι, _for_, or _because_, with which this verse begins, refers to both parts of the preceding verse. The Son is the _image of the invisibl...
CONSIST; are upheld in their present state. Compare Hebrews 1:3. "Upholding all things by the word of his power....
AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST....
THE WORK OF THE EXALTED CHRIST THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE MINISTRY. Jesus Christ all in all:...
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 for on the part of believers. Yet he adds, "and Timot...
The Preeminence of the Song of Solomon - 1:15-20 15HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION. Christ is the visible expression of what is invisible to us. TEV "the visib...
AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST. 'AND HE' -Jesus Christ. 'IS BEFORE ALL THINGS' -In the sense of time and priority. To create all things, the Creator must be in existence...
15-23 Christ in his human nature, is the visible discovery of the invisible God, and he that hath seen Him hath seen the Father. Let us adore these mysteries in humble faith, and behold the glory of...
AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS: to obviate all exceptions to what he had said before, the apostle doth expressly assert (what was implied before) Christ's pre-existence to all the things that were create...
Colossians 1:17 And G2532 He G846 is G2076 (G5748) before G4253 things G3956 and G2532 in G1722 Him...
THE GLORY OF CHRIST (COLOSSIANS 1:15). Paul now brings to their attention the glory of their Redeemer, the One Who created all things and is over all.....
‘For in (or ‘by') him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or power, all things have been creat...
2. _The Apostles Prayer for their Progress in the Knowledge of Christ as Head of all Things_. The Apostle's thanksgiving is naturally followed by the mention of his petition for the Colossians. The im...
I. DOCTRINAL PART: CHRIST THE HEAD OF ALL THINGS. This division of the Epistle resembles the doctrinal part of Ephesians (chaps, 1-3.); but here the Person of Christ is more prominent; there Christ as...
Colossians 1:17. AND HE (emphatic) IS BEFORE ALL THINGS. ‘Before' in time, preexistent to ‘all things,' not simply ‘all beings.' He did not become thus preexistent, but ‘is' prior in time. AND IN HIM...
BEFORE ALL THINGS (προ παντων). Προ with the ablative case. This phrase makes Paul's meaning plain. The precedence of Christ in time and the preeminence as Creator are both stated sharply. See the c...
Colossians 1:1. _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: Grace be unto you, and peace, from...
CONTENTS: Apostolic greeting and prayer. The superiority of Christ. His reconciling work. The mystery of His indwelling. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Epaphras. CONCLUSION: He...
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 to the churches much in the same form of benediction, for...
HE EXISTED BEFORE ALL THINGS. He was with the Father before anything at all was created, including angels. IN UNION WITH HIM. He is the one who placed them in their proper sequence. See also Hebrews 1...
_In Whom._ THE DEITY OF CHRIST Christ is Divine because-- I. He has redeemed us. II. He is the creator of all things. III. All things were created for His glory. IV. His eternal pre-existence....
_Who is the image of the invisible God._ This is the most exhaustive assertion of our Lord’s Godhead to be found in St. Paul’s Writings. This magnificent dogmatic passage is introduced, after the apos...
_By Him all things consist._ That is, Christ upholds, rules, and governs all things by His providence, as is shown elsewhere (Hebrews 1:2; Proverbs 8:15; John 5:12). Christ is not like a carpenter tha...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:17 IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER. Christ continuously sustains his creation, preventing it from disintegrating (compare Hebrews 1:3).
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:15 Praise to Christ. In moving poetic language, Paul praises the lordship of Christ over creation and redemption. These verses may be part of an early Christian hymn....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:15. WHO IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD.—In 2 Corinthians 4:4 St. Paul had so named Christ. “Beyond the very obvious notion of _likeness_, the word for...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 1:1 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION. The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a _salutation _(Colossians 1:1, Colossians 1:
Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Colossians, chapter one. The city of Colosse, was in the area known as Pergia, a part of Asia Minor. A couple of other churches are greeted by Paul in this epist...
1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Samuel 2:8; Acts 17:28; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews
He is [α υ τ ο ς ε σ τ ι ν]. Both words are emphatic. Estin is, is used as in John 8:58 (see note), to express Christ's absolute existence. "He emphasizes the personality, is the preexistence" (Lightf...
THE GREAT CREATOR Colossians 1:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are entering upon a most wonderful portion of Scripture. It has several very vital things to say, both about Christ, and about us, the servan...