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Verse 26. _THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID_] The mystery is this: that
God had designed to grant the Gentiles the same privileges with the
Jews, and make them his people who were not his people. That...
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EVEN THE MYSTERY - To make that mystery fully known. See this
explained in the notes at Ephesians 3:2. The great doctrine that
salvation was to be proclaimed to all mankind, Paul says, had been
concea...
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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...
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COLOSSIANS 1:24 TO COLOSSIANS 2:3. PAUL'S OWN RELATION TO THEM AND TO
THE GOSPEL. At this very time, in the midst of his sufferings, Paul is
rejoicing for their sakes, and in return for their loyalty...
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my flesh, for the sake
of his body, I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ.
By his body, I mean the Church, of which I was made a servant...
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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...
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MYSTERY. App-193, and compare Romans 16:25.
HID. See 1 Corinthians 2:7, and compare Ephesians 3:9.
AGES. App-129 and App-151.
MADE MANIFEST. App-106....
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_the mystery_ I.e. as always in N.T., a truth undiscoverable except by
revelation, a holy _secret;_whether or no, when revealed, it is what
we can or cannot understand. See our note on Ephesians 1:9....
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ΤῸ ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΟΝ. In apposition to τὸν λόγ. τ. θ. It
is strange that St Paul’s language does not show more certain traces
of the influence of terms derived from the many esoteric cults of his
day.
Wis 14:...
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24–2:5. _St Paul’s appeal based on_ (Colossians 1:24-29) _his own
joy in enduring suffering in order to make known the secret of
Christ’s presence in their heart, and_ (Colossians 2:1-5) _his
personal...
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ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΟΝ (G3466) тайна, нечто сокрытое и
недоступное человеческому познанию,
но данное Богом в откровении (Ephesians 3:3;
Johnson, 231f; Lohse; Moule; O'Brien; Dunn),
ΆΠΟΚΕΚΡΥΜΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. par...
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EVEN THE MYSTERY, &C.— See Romans 16:25.Ephesians 3:9; Ephesians
3:21....
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26. EVEN THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS: BUT
NOW HATH IT BEEN MANIFESTED TO HIS SAINTS, 27. TO WHOM GOD WAS PLEASED
TO MAKE KNOWN WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYST...
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Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his saints:
THE MYSTERY (notes, Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 3:5) - once hidden, now
revealed: redemptio...
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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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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...
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MYSTERY] truth not to be discovered by man's unaided power, and
therefore known only through divine revelation. This mystery was
concealed from the ages before the world and the generations of
mankind...
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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.
INTRODUCTION
THE WRITER
Paul wrote this letter. He was in...
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(24-29) Here (as in Ephesians 3, in the same connection) St. Paul
dwells on his own mission to set forth the universal gospel to the
Gentiles. In the Ephesian Epistle this declaration is made a direct...
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THE MYSTERY. — On the Scriptural sense of the word “mystery,”
and its relation to the modern use of the word, see Note on Ephesians
1:9. In this passage, perhaps, most of all, it is defined with perfe...
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CHAPTER 1
JOY IN SUFFERING, AND TRIUMPH IN THE MANIFESTED MYSTERY
Colossians 1:24 (R.V.)
There are scarcely any personal references in this Epistle, until we
reach the last chapter. In this respect...
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PAUL REJOICES THAT HIS SUFFERINGS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH,
IN WHOSE SERVICE HE FULFILS HIS DIVINELY APPOINTED TASK, OF FULLY
PREACHING THE LONG HIDDEN BUT NOW REVEALED MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL,...
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Partially parallel to Ephesians 3:9. How great the honour conferred on
Paul is, appears from the fact that he is entrusted with the duty of
declaring the long concealed secret which is the distinguish...
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LABORING TO PERFECT THE CHURCH
Colossians 1:21
How wonderful is God! His scheme of grace embraces the world of men,
but He can concentrate on individual souls as unworthy as ours. You…
hath He reconc...
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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...
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Paul uses the word "mystery" to describe something God had kept secret
in the past and had been revealed (Romans 16:26; 1 Corinthians 2:7-10;
Ephesians 3:1-10). Also, Paul usually referred to it as so...
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[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his (t) saints:
(t) Whom he chose to sanctify to himself in Christ. Moreover, he says
that the myste...
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_The mystery of Christ's incarnation, which hath been hidden, &c. See
Ephesians i. 12. and v. 4, &c. (Witham)_...
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(25) Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of
God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; (26)
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generatio...
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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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26._Hidden mystery. _Here we have a commendation of the gospel —
that it is a wonderful secret of God. It is not without good reason
that Paul so frequently extols the gospel by bestowing upon it the...
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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...
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[EVEN] THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID FROM AGES AND GENERATIONS,....
This is said, as explanative of the word of God; signifying that he
did not mean the Scriptures in general, which are the word of...
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_Even_ the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his saints:
Ver. 26. _But now is made manifest_] God hath now opened his whole
heart to his saints,...
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_Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you_ Endured for your benefit,
having been exposed to them in consequence of my preaching the gospel
to you and other Gentiles; _and fill up_ That is, whereby I f...
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EVEN THE MYSTERY; added to show wherein the fulfilling of the word of
God lies, namely, in unfolding the mystery, etc. The mystery is that
so fully unfolded in Ephesians 2:13-22, namely, God's purpose...
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EVEN THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID FROM AGES AND FROM GENERATIONS,
BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST TO HIS SAINTS;...
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The apostle's joy in his suffering and labor:...
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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...
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The Mystery of Christ - 1:26-28
26THE MYSTERY WHICH HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM AGES AND FROM GENERATIONS,
BUT NOW HAS BEEN REVEALED TO HIS SAINTS.
Mystery - Thayer "a hidden thing, secret, not obvious to...
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EVEN THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS: BUT NOW
HATH IT BEEN MANIFESTED TO HIS SAINTS,
'EVEN THE' -The word of God, the gospel Paul preached, that the
Colossians had already h...
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24-29 Both the sufferings of the Head and of the members are called
the sufferings of Christ, and make up, as it were, one body of
sufferings. But He suffered for the redemption of the church; we
suf...
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EVEN THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID FROM AGES AND FROM GENERATIONS;
viz. that holy secret of godliness, Colossians 2:2,3 Colossians 4:3
Matthew 13:11...
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Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VI
And the apostle (uses these words) "The mystery which was not made
known to former generations."[95]
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV
But I think t...
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‘Whereof I was made a minister (diakonos) according to the
stewardship of God which was given me towards you, to fulfil the word
of God, even the mystery which has been hid from all ages and
generatio...
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Colossians 1:26. EVEN THE MYSTERY, etc. Comp. Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians
3:4-9. Here as there the reference is not merely to the salvation of
the Gentiles, but to Redemption in Christ as belonging to th...
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_3. The Apostle's Joy in His Sufferings and Labor for Christ_.
The need of stedfastness (Colossians 1:23) had been enforced by a
reference to the Apostle's personal relation to the gospel. This
though...
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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...
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THE MYSTERY
(το μυστηριον). See on 1 Corinthians 2:7 for this
interesting word from μυστης (initiate), from μυεω, to wink,
to blink. The Gnostics talked much of "mysteries." Paul takes their
very w...
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MYSTERY
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHICH IS THE SECRET. _See_ 1 Corinthians 2:9. God revealed himself in
past ages, but his final and complete revelation in Jesus Christ was
kept secret, even though it was "hinted at" through the proph...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:26 THE MYSTERY refers to God’s
unfolding plan for the world and for redemption through the Messiah
(see Colossians 2:2;...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 1:25. See notes on Ephesians 3:7 ff.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Colossians 1:25_
The Pre-eminent Honour and Sublime Theme of the Christian Min
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EXPOSITION
COLOSSIANS 1:1
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION. The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner,
with a _salutation _(Colossians 1:1, Colossians 1:
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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...
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1 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:10; Ephesians 3:3; Luke 8:10; Mark 4:11
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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...
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The mystery — Namely, Christ both justifying and sanctifying
gentiles, as well as Jews. Which hath been comparatively hid from
former ages and past generations of men....