Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Colossians 1:8
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 worked in their hearts by the agency of the Holy Spirit.
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 worked in their hearts by the agency of the Holy Spirit.
Verse 8. _YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT._] _So we preached, and so ye_ _believed_. The heavenly flame in the heart of this minister communicated itself to those who heard him; it was _like priest_ _like pe...
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 THANKSGIVING. He always gives God thanks when he prays for them, for he has heard (from Epaphras) of their loyalty in Christ and the love which they exhibit towards all God's people: a...
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...
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you in our prayers; for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you ha...
ALSO, &c.. declared also. DECLARED. See 1 Corinthians 1:11, SPIRIT. I.e. the product of the new nature. App-101....
_also_ "As he preached to you from us, so _also_he brought back from us to you the tidings, etc." (Lightfoot.) _your love_ See on Colossians 1:4 above. _in the Spirit_ "In" Whom they were (Romans 8:9...
Ὁ ΚΑῚ ΔΗΛΏΣΑΣ. The καὶ not only states a fresh fact about Epaphras but also implies that it was he and no other (qui idem); cf. Matthew 10:4; 2 Corinthians 1:22. ἩΜΙ͂Ν. See note on the first ἡμῶν in C...
3–8. _Introductory thanksgiving for their effective reception of the Gospel in the true form of it taught them first by Epaphras_ (Colossians 1:3) We both always thank the God and Father of our Lord J...
ΔΗΛΏΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΔΗΛΌΩ (G1213) объяснять, прояснять, ΈΝ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΙ (G1722; G4151) в Духе. Это относится к ΆΓΆΠΗ и выражает основание их любви, которая является не индивидуальной привязаннос...
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 doctrine that he taught; they not having reason to love him...
7. EVEN AS YE LEARNED OF EPAPHRAS OUR BELOVED FELLOW-SERVANT, WHO IS A FAITHFUL MINISTER OF CHRIST ON OUR BEHALF, 8. WHO ALSO DECLARED UNTO US YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 7....
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. YOUR LOVE () - "to all the saints." IN THE SPIRIT - the element IN which alone true love is found (; ), as distinguished from that of those "in...
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...
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...
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 now, like Timothy afterwards, visited him to give acco...
(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 of faith, love, and hope, the fruit of a true gospel...
CHAPTER 1 THE PRELUDE Colossians 1:3 (R.V.) THIS long introductory section may at first sight give the impression of confusion, from the variety of subjects introduced. But a little thought about it...
τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην may be taken in the general sense of Colossians 1:4, though many think it is their love to Paul that is meant; and this is favoured by δηλ. ἡμ., and perhaps by καὶ ἡμεῖς in Colossians...
PAUL'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE TIDINGS HE HAS RECEIVED OF THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF THE COLOSSIANS. According to his usual custom (so in Thess., 1 Cor., Rom., Phil., Philm.), Paul begins his letter with a...
THE GOSPEL BEARING FRUIT Colossians 1:1 The saints are men of faith, for their holiness is derived from Christ, but they are also faithful men, and will not betray their trust. _Grace_ is the Greek a...
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...
Epaphras, a Fellow Servant Epaphras may have been the one who first taught the Colossian brethren. Paul only uses the word "fellow servant" here and in 4:7. The word describes one who works with anoth...
(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 at one place, but go on further both in the knowled...
_Your love. Your charity for all men, founded on the love of God. Others understand it of the affection which they had for St. Paul. (St. John Chrysostom)_...
(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 Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Fat...
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...
_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 interpretation of the preceding words. Now, _spiritual love _is of...
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...
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 their love to the apostle; though they had only heard o...
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, and he could not but impart it to the apostle. It was a...
_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 still more literally rendered, _To the God and Father of our...
LOVE; that which the Holy Spirit produces....
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, that he finds evidences of blessings all around, that he...
PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION. A prayer of grateful joy:...
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...
Thanksgiving - 1:3-8 3WE GIVE THANKS TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRAYING ALWAYS FOR YOU, All our praise and gratitude belong to God. Paul offers an expression of thanksgiving for...
WHO ALSO DECLARED UNTO US YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT. 'YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT' -'who tells us of the love with which the Spirit has inspired you' (TCNT). _ Points to Note:_ 1. The Spirit had produced...
1-8 All true Christians are brethren one to another. Faithfulness runs through every character and relation of the Christian life. Faith, hope, and love, are the three principal graces in the Christi...
Having with kindness and delight reported to Paul and Timothy, &c., what a spiritually fervent affection, not moved by carnal considerations, but inwrought by the Spirit, GALATIANS 5:6,22, arising fro...
Colossians 1:8 who G3588 also G2532 declared G1213 (G5660) us G2254 your G5216 love G26 in G1722 Spirit...
‘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 in the Spirit.' Paul rejoiced in the close bond betw...
I. _The Apostle's Thanksgiving for the Faith and Love of his Readers._ This section might be termed ‘introductory,' because of its personal character. Yet even here the doctrinal motive is apparent P...
Colossians 1:8. WHO ALSO DECLARED unto us. Epaphras was with Paul at Rome (chap. Colossians 4:12), and had brought tidings respecting the Colossian Christians. YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT. This ‘love' is...
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...
WHO ALSO DECLARED (ο κα δηλωσας). Articular first aorist active participle of δηλοω, old verb, to make manifest. Epaphras told Paul about their "love in the Spirit," grounded in the Holy Spirit....
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 TOLD US. He was with Paul at Rome as this was being written....
_We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ._ THE PRELUDE I. A thankful recognition of Christian excellence as introductory to warnings and remonstrances. Almost all Paul’s Epistles b...
_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 unto you, as it is in all the world.” The gospel, though...
_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. I. There are various kinds of life--of the plant,...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:3 Thanksgiving. Paul thanks God for the Colossians and their expressions of faith, hope, and love. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:6. IN ALL THE WORLD.—A hyperbolic expression, by which the apostle at the world’s centre, Rome, seems to say the messengers of the gospel, go forth to the...
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 Peter 1:22; 2 Timothy 1:7; Colossians 1:4; Galatians 5:22; Romans
Declared [δ η λ ω σ α ς]. Or made manifest. See on 1 Corinthians 1:11. In the Spirit. Connect with your love. Compare Galatians 5:22....
VISIONS OF GOD'S PURPOSES IN CHRIST Colossians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to our study in the Pauline Epistle to the Colossians, we thought it would be worth the while to observe Pau...
Your love in the Spirit — Your love wrought in you by the Spirit....