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Verse 19. _AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD_] Not acknowledging Jesus Christ
as the only Saviour of mankind, and the only _Head_ or _chief_ of the
Christian Church, on whom every member of it depends, and _f...
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AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD - Not holding the true doctrine respecting
the Great Head of the church, the Lord Jesus Christ; Notes, Ephesians
1:22. This is regarded here as essential to the maintenance of...
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II. COMPLETE IN HIM, IN WHOM ALL THE FULLNESS DWELLS
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The mystery of God (Colossians 2:1)_
2. Complete in Christ (Colossians 2:9)
3. Exhortations and warnings (Colossians 2:16
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AN URGENT WARNING AGAINST A DEGRADING THEOSOPHY. Let them not be led
away by false reasonings, however persuasive. They must think of Paul,
despite his bodily absence, as being with them in spirit (1...
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LOVE'S STRUGGLE (Colossians 2:1)
_ 2:1 I want you to know how great a struggle I am going through for
you, and for the people of Laodicaea, and for all those who have never
seen me face to face._
He...
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Beware lest there will be anyone who will carry you off as his spoil,
by insisting on the necessity of a so-called philosophy, which is, in
fact, an empty delusion, a philosophy which has been handed...
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Let no one take you to task in matters of food or drink, or with
regard to yearly festivals and monthly new moons and weekly sabbaths.
These are only the shadow of things to come; the real substance
b...
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HOLDING. holding fast. The central theme of the Epistle is the
necessity of holding fast to the Head, from. App-104.
WHICH. Whom.
BY. App-104.Colossians 2:1.
JOINTS. See Ephesians 4:16.
BANDS. See...
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_holding_ HOLDING FAST (R.V.). The word is used Acts 3:11 of the
healed cripple's _grasp_of the Apostles who had healed him. The erring
teacher is said "not to hold" the Head, not only as a man but as...
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16–19. _Practical application of_ Colossians 2:6-15 _and more
especially_ Colossians 2:9-15
You have everything in Christ (Colossians 2:10), and have been joined
to Him in all His redemptiv
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ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓ ΚΡΑΤΩ͂Ν ΤῊΝ ΚΕΦΑΛΉΝ. Apparently
σάρξ suggested the true body to which Christians belong, with its
Head. For a fuller elaboration of the figure cf. Ephesians 4:15-16.
“οὐ not μή, the negation h...
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DISCOURSE: 2180
HOLDING THE HEAD
Colossians 2:19. _Not holding the Head, from which all the body by
joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together,
increaseth with the increase of...
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18. LET NO MAN ROB YOU OF YOUR PRIZE, BY A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND
WORSHIPPING OF THE ANGELS, DWELLING IN THE THINGS WHICH HE HATH SEEN,
VAINLY PUFFED UP BY HIS FLESHLY MIND, 19. AND NOT HOLDING FAST T...
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And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands
having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the
increase of God.
'Not holding fast [ kratoon (G2902)] the...
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Doctrinal Correction
15 Not only is the believer exempt from the authority of the apostles
of the Circumcision, but, in spirit, he is beyond the reach of all
human jurisdiction. Even before His r...
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THE FALSE TEACHING AND ITS REFUTATION
4-15. Hold fast to Christ the All-sufficient Saviour.
PARAPHRASE. '(4) I emphasise these truths about Christ lest you should
be beguiled by plausible persuasions...
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Severance from the Head cuts off the supply of spiritual life....
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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.
CHAPTER 2
V1 I am working for you. I am working for the peo...
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NOT HOLDING THE HEAD. — In this lay the fatal error. All these
speculations and superstitions interfered with the direct hold of the
soul on the mediation of Christ, as the Head, from whom alone, as
b...
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(16-19) To the warning against speculative error succeeds a warning
against two practical superstitions. The first is simply the trust in
obsolete Jewish ordinances (the mere shadow of Christ) with wh...
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CHAPTER 2
WARNINGS AGAINST TWIN CHIEF ERRORS, BASED UPON PREVIOUS POSITIVE
TEACHING
Colossians 2:16 (R.V.)
"Let no man therefore judge you." That "therefore" sends us back to
what the Apostle has be...
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SINCE THE LAW HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THE ANGELS DESPOILED, RITUAL OR
ASCETIC ORDINANCES HAVE NO LONGER ANY MEANING FOR THOSE WHO IN CHRIST
POSSESS THE SUBSTANCE, OF WHICH THESE ARE BUT THE SHADOW. THE...
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Largely parallel to Ephesians 4:15-16. Paul proceeds to point out that
so far from securing spiritual growth of a higher order, the false
teaching, by loosening the hold on Christ, prevented any growt...
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AVOIDING ERRORS
Colossians 2:13
The reiteration of the prepositions in and with emphasizes our close
identification with our Savior. Such we are in the purpose of God, and
so we should be in daily ex...
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If for a moment we glance back at the passage beginning with 1:24 and
ending with 2:3, we find reference to a threefold mystery: the first,
the Church, which is the Body of Christ; then the secret of...
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The apostle warns against those who would “defraud” the Colossian
brethren of their reward. Weed says the word suggests athletic
competition in which one is disqualified. If the Colossian brethren
lis...
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(19) And not holding the (c) Head, from which all the body by joints
and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth
with the increase of (d) God.
(19) The fourth argument, whi...
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(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ....
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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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_CHRIST THE HEAD_
‘And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and
bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth
with the increase of God.’
Colossians 2:19
This...
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19._Not holding the Head_. He condemns in the use of one word whatever
does not bear a relation to Christ. He also confirms his statement on
the ground that all things flow from him, and depend upon h...
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Thus we have a double ministry, as well as a double preeminence of
Christ, and a double reconciliation; and each having a similar
relationship the one to the other: Christ, the Head of all things in
h...
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AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD,.... Christ, as some copies express it; for
by making use of angels as mediators and intercessors, Christ the only
Mediator, the Lord and head of angels, and of the church, wa...
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And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands
having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the
increase of God.
Ver. 19. _And not holding the head_] This...
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_Let no man beguile you of your reward_ Of future glory, however
eagerly or artfully he may attempt it. According to Pierce, who pleads
the authority of Demosthenes, the word καταβραβευετω,
here rende...
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HEAD; Christ.
THE BODY; the church, which is composed of all who truly believe in
him.
THE INCREASE OF GOD; the increase which God bestows, consisting in
faith, love, joy, peace, and other graces of...
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Warning against a false righteousness of works:...
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AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD, FROM WHICH ALL THE BODY BY JOINTS AND BANDS
HAVING NOURISHMENT MINISTERED, AND KNIT TOGETHER, INCREASETH WITH THE
INCREASE OF GOD....
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CHRIST THE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE
(vs.1-10)
In verse 1 the unselfish faith and love of the apostle shines
beautifully. He was as deeply concerned for believers who had not seen
him as he was...
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Christian Liberty - 2:16-23
16SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A FESTIVAL
OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS,
Do not let others judge you, as you should not judge others. (Matthew
7:...
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AND NOT HOLDING FAST THE HEAD, FROM WHOM ALL THE BODY, BEING SUPPLIED
AND KNIT TOGETHER THROUGH THE JOINTS AND BANDS, INCREASING WITH THE
INCREASE OF GOD.
'AND' -The description of these false teach...
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18-23 It looked like humility to apply to angels, as if men were
conscious of their unworthiness to speak directly to God. But it is
not warrantable; it is taking that honour which is due to Christ o...
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AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD: here the apostle suggests, that those things
he had before taxed did proceed from hence, that they let go the Lord
Christ himself, COLOSSIANS 2:8,9, from whom all truths are...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
-this man will first of all "hold the head, from which the whole body
is compacted and bound together, and, through means of every joint
according to the measure of...
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Colossians 2:19 and G2532 not G3756 fast G2902 (G5723) Head G2776 from
G1537 whom G3739 all G3956 body...
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‘And not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being
supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increases
with the increase of God.'
Because these people concentrate on intermed...
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Colossians 2:19. AND NOT HOLDING FAST THE HEAD (Christ); comp.
Ephesians 1:22, etc. Not to hold Christ as Head is to let go of Him
altogether. This is virtually the cause of the conduct described in
C...
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2. _Two Special Warnings Enforced._
This brief section is both an application of the obligations resulting
from the truths stated in Colossians 2:9-15, and a warning against
certain specific errors wh...
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NOT HOLDING FAST THE HEAD
(ου κρατων την κεφαλην). Note negative ου, not
μη, actual case of deserting Christ as the Head. The Gnostics
dethroned Christ from his primacy (Colossians 1:18) and placed...
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Colossians 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him:_
That is, keep on as you began. Christ was enough for you when, as
poor, guilty sinners, you came and trusted...
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Colossians 2:1. _For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have
for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my
face in the flesh;_
Paul had not met these Colossian Christ...
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CONTENTS: Godhead incarnate in Christ. Danger of those who would
entice away from Christ. Philosophy and legality, mysticism and
asceticism.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Believers who u...
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Colossians 2:1. _I would that ye knew what great conflict I have,_ in
the inward feelings of my heart and wrestlings of prayer, _for you,
and for them at Laodicea, and for as many,_ in the adjacent di...
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DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELVES. If you are _condemned,_ you lose your reward.
Do not allow any teacher to lead you away from Christ. Jesus is real!
The special visions; the false humility (Mark 12:38); and t...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:4 The Dangerous Teaching at
Colossae. Paul delivers a series of warnings about the teaching that
threatens the Colossian church. In doing so, he also provides
important...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:19 NOT HOLDING FAST TO THE HEAD. The
false teacher at Colossae has not maintained contact with Christ. Thus
the teacher has become influenced by evil spirits (see v....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 2:18. LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD.—R.V. “let
no man rob you of your prize.” There seems to be implied some such
thought as this: Do not allow thes...
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EXPOSITION
COLOSSIANS 2:1
SECTION IV. THE APOSTLE'S CONCERN FOR THE COLOSSI. AN CHURCH. So far
the contents of the letter have been of a general and preparatory
character. New the writer be
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Colossians, chapter two.
Paul had never visited Colosse. He had heard of the church from
Epaphras, who was the minister there, who had told Paul of the love
that the...
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1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1
Corinthians 12:12;...
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Holding the head [κ ρ α τ ω ν τ η ν κ ε φ α λ η ν].
Holding by or fast, as commonly in the New Testament. Compare
Sophocles : "If thou art to rule [α ρ ξ ε ι ς] this land, even
as thou holdest it (kra...
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And not holding the head — He does not hold Christ, who does not
trust in him alone. All the members are nourished by faith, and knit
together by love and mutual sympathy....