Colossians 1 - Introduction

COLOSSIANS CHAPTER ONE

PRAYER

Greeting; Colossians 1:1-2

1.

Prayer of Thanks; Colossians 1:3-8

a.

For their faith; Colossians 1:4 a

b.

For their love; Colossians 1:4 b

c.

Their faith and love were produced by the hope they had learned in the gospel; Colossians 1:5-8

2.

Prayer of Request; Colossians 1:9-13

a.

That they be filled with knowledge of God's will; Colossians 1:9

b.

That they walk worthily; Colossians 1:10-13

(1)

Bearing fruit; Colossians 1:10 a

(2)

Increasing in knowledge of God; Colossians 1:10 b

(3)

Being strengthened; Colossians 1:11

(4)

Giving thanks to the Father; Colossians 1:12-13

3.

The Preeminence of Christthe motivation to prayer; Colossians 1:14-23

a.

We have redemption in him; Colossians 1:14

b.

He is the image of God; Colossians 1:15

c.

He is the firstborn of creation; Colossians 1:15 b - Colossians 1:16

d.

He is before all things; Colossians 1:17 a

e.

In him all things hold together: Colossians 1:17 b

f.

He is head of the body; Colossians 1:18 a

g.

He is the beginning; Colossians 1:18 b

h.

He is the firstborn from the dead; Colossians 1:18 c

i.

What God's good pleasure decided about Christ; Colossians 1:19-23

(1)

All the fulness to dwell in him; Colossians 1:19

(2)

Christ to reconcile all things; Colossians 1:20-23

4.

Paul's Ministry; Colossians 1:24-29; Colossians 2:1-5.

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