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COLOSSIANS 1:12 tw|/ patri, {B}
This verse presents a curious nest of variant readings (see also the
following comments). The reading that best explains the origin of the
others is tw|/ patri,, suppo...
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Verse 12. _GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER_] Knowing that ye have
nothing but what ye have received from his mere mercy, and that in
point of _merit_ ye can never _claim_ any thing from him.
_WHICH HA...
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GIVING THANKS TO THE FATHER - This is another mode by which we may
“walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing” Colossians 1:10; to
wit, by rendering appropriate thanks to God for his mercy. The
partic...
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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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A PARAGRAPH OF PRAYER. Paul reciprocates their prayers for him. He
constantly offers petition on their behalf since first he heard of
them. He desires for them (_a)_ fulness of knowledge to discern th...
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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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May you give thanks to the Father, who enabled us to obtain our share
of the inheritance of God's dedicated people in the Kingdom of light;
for he rescued us from the power of darkness, and brought us...
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HATH. Omit.
MADE, &c. See 2 Corinthians 3:6.
TO BE PARTAKERS. for (App-104.) the share.
INHERITANCE. lot. Greek. _kleros._
LIGHT. the light. App-130....
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_giving thanks_ as the disciple is to do "in everything" (1
Thessalonians 5:18). So would the deep-felt "joy" be specially
expressed. See on Colossians 1:3 above.
_unto the Father_ Who is always revea...
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ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ. B alone adds ἅμα, thus
separating μετὰ χαρᾶς from εὐχαρ. There is no precise
parallel to this addition in St Paul’s writings (cf. Colossians 4:3;
Philemon 1:22, and cf. Acts 27:40)....
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9–14. _Prayer for the Colossians, with reason for gratitude on their
part to God, viz. their emancipation in Christ_. This forms a
transition to a fuller account of the relation of the Son to the
Fath...
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DISCOURSE: 2167
PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN GRACE
Colossians 1:9. We do not cease to pray for you that ye might be
filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding; that ye mig...
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MADE US MEET TO BE PARTAKERS,— The words rendered, _partakers of the
inheritance,_ literally signify, the _proportion of an inheritance,_
which falls by lot to each of those among whom it is divided;...
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12. GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER, WHO MADE US MEET TO BE PARTAKERS OF
THE INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS, IN LIGHT; 13. WHO DELIVERED US OUT OF
THE POWER OF DARKNESS, AND TRANSLATED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF...
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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
You (not "we," from Colossians 1:9) "giving thanks unto the Father."
Note, Colossia...
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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...
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1:12 portion (h-14) See Note, Acts 26:18 ....
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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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MADE US MEET] better, 'qualified you.' Usually THE SAINTS IN LIGHT is
taken as. a single phrase meaning 'saints in heaven.' But 'in light'
should be connected with 'the lot.' It defines its situation....
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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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GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER. — These words naturally follow the
words “with joyfulness,” with which, indeed, they may be
grammatically connected. But the “thankfulness” here is, as the
context shows...
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(9-12) From thanksgiving St. Paul passes, as always, to pray for them.
The prayer is for their full and perfect knowledge of God’s will;
but this is emphatically connected with practical “walking” in...
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CHAPTER 1
THE FATHER'S GIFTS THROUGH THE SON
Colossians 1:12 (R.V.)
WE have advanced thus far in this Epistle without having reached its
main subject. We now, however, are on its verge. The next ver...
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CHAPTER 1
THE PRAYER
Colossians 1:9 (R.V.)
WE have here to deal with one of Paul's prayers for his brethren. In
some respects these are the very topmost pinnacles of his letters.
Nowhere else does h...
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εὐχαριστοῦντες : not to be taken with οὐ
παυόμεθα, Colossians 1:9 (Chrys., Beng.). Usually it is
co-ordinated with the two preceding participial clauses. Haupt objects
that it would be strange if than...
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PAUL'S UNCEASING PRAYER FOR THAT MORAL DISCERNMENT WHICH WILL ENABLE
THEM TO PLEASE GOD IN ALL THEIR CONDUCT, THAT STRENGTH WHICH WILL GIVE
THEM ENDURANCE IN FACE OF ALL PROVOCATION AND TRIAL, AND THA...
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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...
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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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Reason for Thanksgiving
Paul also prayed that the Colossian brethren might be thankful.
Particularly, Christians should be grateful God qualified us to
inherit the promised land of heaven, which is a...
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(4) Giving thanks unto the (5) Father, which hath made us meet to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in (h) light:
(4) Having ended the preface, he goes to the matter itself, that is to
say...
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(9) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to
pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10...
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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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12._Giving thanks. _Again he returns to thanksgiving, that he may take
this opportunity of enumerating the blessings which had been conferred
upon them through Christ, and thus he enters upon a full d...
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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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GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER,.... To God the Father, as the Vulgate
Latin and the Syriac versions read the clause; and the Complutensian
edition, and some copies, "God and the Father"; who is both th...
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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Ver. 12. _Of the saints in light_] So that though cast into a dark
dungeon, the saint...
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_Giving thanks unto the Father_ Of all mercy and grace, who, by
justifying and sanctifying us through faith in his Son, and the
influence of his Spirit, hath not only entitled us to, but wrought in
us...
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MADE US MEET; prepared us.
SAINTS IN LIGHT; in the enjoyment of the bliss of heaven....
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GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER, WHICH HATH MADE US MEET TO BE PARTAKERS
OF THE INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS IN LIGHT;...
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The apostle's intercession for the Colossian Christians:...
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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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Paul's Prayer for them - 1:9-14
9FOR THIS REASON WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO
PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO ASK THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF
HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND S...
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GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER, WHO MADE US MEET TO BE PARTAKERS OF THE
INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS IN LIGHT;
'GIVING THANKS' -Gratitude is. prominent theme in this letter
(Colossians 2:7; Colossians 3:...
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9-14 The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be
filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words
will not do without good works. He who undertakes to give stren...
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GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER; he passeth from petitioning, COLOSSIANS
1:9, to thanksgiving to God the Father, upon the consideration of his
grace manifested in his Son for our redemption. In the Ephe...
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Colossians 1:12 thanks G2168 (G5723) Father G3962 who G3588 qualified
G2427 (G5660) us G2248 to G1519 partaker
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PAUL'S PRAYER THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE UNDERSTANDING, AND STRENGTH
(COLOSSIANS 1:9).
Once Paul had learned of their response to Christ he and his
fellow-workers had begun to pray for them constantly. Thei...
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‘Giving thanks to the Father who has made us meet to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in light, who delivered us out of the
power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his bel...
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Colossians 1:12. GIVING THANKS, etc. This is parallel with ‘being
fruitful,' and the other participles, defining still further the
worthy walk. It is fruitful, growing, strong to suffer, and grateful:...
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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...
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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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WHO MADE US MEET
(τω ικανωσαντ ημας). Or "you" (υμας). Dative case
of the articular participle of ικανοω, late verb from
ικανος and in N.T. only here and 2 Corinthians 3:6 (which see),
"who made us...
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Colossians 1:12
It is the special glory of the Gospel, the foundation or the
perfection of all the rest, that it first truly and distinctly, in
language beyond the uncertainties of conjecture, the ref...
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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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AND GIVE THANKS. No matter what you may face, thank the Father and
praise him. The Colossians had once been unfit for the Kingdom, but
God had made them fit to receive every blessing in Christ. LIGHT....
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_To pray for you and desire that ye might be filled with the
knowledge._
THE PRAYER
I. The fountain or root of all Christian character. “That ye might
be filled … understanding.”
1. The thing desir...
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_For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to
pray for you._
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE WILL
The petition asks--
I. For a bestowment of a knowledge of the divine will as attai...
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_Giving thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet._
THE FATHER’S GIFT THROUGH THE SON
1. These grounds of thanksgiving are but various aspects of the great
blessing of salvation. The diamond fl...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:12 SHARE IN THE INHERITANCE. God’s
promise to Israel under the old covenant (see Genesis 13:14;...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:9 Prayer. Paul reports how he
regularly prays for the Colossians.
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 1:9. DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO DESIRE.—R.V.
“pray and make request.” The general notion comes first, then the
particulars; so in Mark 11:24. In t...
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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 Chronicles 29:20; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Corinthians 9:23; 1 John 1:3;...
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Made us meet [ι κ α ν ω σ α ν τ ι]. See on 2 Corinthians
3:6.
To be partakers of the inheritance [ε ι ς τ η ν μ ε ρ ι δ
α τ ο υ κ λ η ρ ο υ]. Lit., for the portion of the lot; that
is, the portion wh...
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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...
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Who, by justifying and sanctifying us, hath made us meet for glory....
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Our apostle having prayed for the Colossians in the foregoing verses,
here breaks forth into the duty of thanksgiving on their behalf,
GIVING THANKS UNTO THE FATHER, &C.
Where note, 1. description of...