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COLOSSIANS 2:7 th|/ pi,stei {A}
The reading th|/ pi,stei, strongly supported by B D* H 33 81 _al_,
best accounts for the rise of the other readings....
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Verse 7. _ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN HIM_] It is not usual with the
apostle to employ this double metaphor, taken partly from the _growth
of a tree_ and the _increase of a building_. They are to be _root...
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ROOTED ...IN HIM - As a tree strikes its roots deep in the earth, so
our faith should strike deep into the doctrine respecting the Saviour.
See the phrase used here explained in the parallel place in...
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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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My struggle is that their hearts may be encouraged, that they may be
united together in love, that they may come to all the wealth of the
assured ability to take the right decision in any situation, t...
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ROOTED. See Ephesians 3:17.
BUILT UP. See Acts 20:33, and compare Ephesians 2:20.
STABLISHED. See Romans 15:8 (confirm).
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_rooted_ A perfect participle. It recurs Ephesians 3:17, the only
other place in which St Paul uses precisely this metaphor, which
combines the thought of fixity with that of derived and developing
li...
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[ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Ι] ἘΝ ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΊΑΙ. The reading is
very uncertain, for though in itself ἐν αὐτῇ is more
difficult yet its undoubted presence in Colossians 4:2 makes it
possible that it was introduced thence...
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6, 7. _Transition to direct warning against the false teachers_. Right
reception of truth is well as far as it goes, but truth must be put
into life
(Colossians 2:6) Your faith is sound, therefore liv...
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DISCOURSE: 2175
THE CHARACTER OF CHRISTIANS
Colossians 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him; rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the
faith, as ye hav...
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OUTLINE OF 2:6-23
D.
CHRISTThe antidote for false doctrine; Colossians 2:6-23
1.
Walk in Christ as you received him; Colossians 2:6-7
a.
Rooted and builded up.
b.
Established in your faith.
c...
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Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have
been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
(HAVING BEEN) ROOTED (Ephesians 3:17).
BUILT UP, [ epoikodomoumenoi (G2026)]...
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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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2:7 up (a-4) 'Rooted' is the perfect participle; it speaks of what had
been done and continued. 'Built up' is the present, and is continuous.
we might say 'being built up.' assured (b-8) Or 'confirmed...
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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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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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ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN HIM. — There is a significant change of tense
in the original, _having been rooted_ — _i.e._ (as in Ephesians
3:17), “rooted and grounded” in Him once for all, and _being built...
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(1-7) In these verses St. Paul declares his deep anxiety for the
Colossians and Laodiceans and others who had not seen his face, that
they might seek, not the false, but the true knowledge, finding “t...
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CHAPTER 2
CONCILIATORY AND HORTATORY TRANSITION TO POLEMICS
Colossians 2:4 (R.V.)
NOTHING needs more delicacy of hand and gentleness of heart than the
administration of warning or reproof, especiall...
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PAUL URGES HIS READERS NOT TO BE BEGUILED BY PLAUSIBLE WORDS, BUT TO
HOLD CHRIST FAST AS THE PRINCIPLE OF MORAL CONDUCT. THEY MUST LET NO
ONE TAKE THEM CAPTIVE BY DECEITFUL PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN TRADIT...
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ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ ἐποικοδομούμενοι :
“rooted and built up”. The metaphor changes from περιπατ.,
and again from ἐρριζ., though Lightfoot points out that the term
“to root” is not infrequently applied to...
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ESTABLISHED IN THEIR FAITH
Colossians 2:1
If you know Christ, you can lay your hand on the treasures of wisdom
and knowledge. They are matters of daily experience. The Apostle's aim
in this chapter i...
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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 good news had been transmitted by God for man's benefit. Those who
recognized Jesus Christ as Lord, by yielding to Him in obedience,
received that transmission. Those who had so yielded to Christ'...
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_Rooted and built up in him, who is the head of all, your Redeemer,
and author of your salvation, not upon Angels. (Witham)_...
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(4) And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing
words. (5) For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in
the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastnes...
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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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_‘IN HIM’_
‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in
Him: rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye
have been taught.’
Colossians 2:6
There is a wonde...
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7._And confirmed in the faith. _He now repeats without a figure the
same thing that he had expressed by metaphors, — that the
prosecution of the way, the support of the root, and of the
foundation, is...
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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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ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN HIM,.... By these metaphors, the apostle
expresses the safe and happy state of these believers; and which he
makes use of as arguments, to engage them to walk on in Christ, and...
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Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have
been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Ver. 7. _Abounding therein with thanksgiving_] Thankfulness for
smaller measures...
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_As_, or _since, ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord_ Have
acknowledged Jesus of Nazareth to be the true Messiah promised to the
Jews, and consequently a divinely-commissioned Teacher, Mediator,
Sa...
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ROOTED AND BUILT; firmly established, like a tree deep rooted, or a
house on a rock. A heart abounding in thanksgiving to God for his
mercies, especially for Jesus Christ and life through him, is a gr...
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ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN HIM, AND ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH, AS YE HAVE
BEEN TAUGHT, ABOUNDING THERE IN WITH THANKSGIVING....
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The apostle now builds up his admonition on this tactful premise:...
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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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Call to Continuance - 2:6-7
6AS YOU THEREFORE HAVE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD, SO WALK IN HIM,
ZA "receive means to take to one's side, to receive to one's self,
admit, acknowledge" Vine "to rec...
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ROOTED AND BUILDED UP IN HIM, AND ESTABLISHED IN YOUR FAITH, EVEN AS
YE WERE TAUGHT, ABOUNDING IN THANKSGIVING.
'ROOTED' -...
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1-7 The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it
is in Jesus. When we not only believe with the heart, but are ready,
when called, to make confession with the mouth. Knowledge an...
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ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN HIM; showing how they should abide and
persevere in the faith, by continuing in him as branches do in the
root, 1 THESSALONIANS 15:4, and resting upon him as a building upon
the...
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Colossians 2:7 rooted G4492 (G5772) and G2532 up G2026 (G5746) in
G1722 Him G846 and G2532 established...
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‘As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith (or ‘your
faith'), even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.'
Paul'...
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1. _Warning Against being Led Away through the Philosophy of the False
Teachers_.
This section, which is most directly in opposition to the errors at
Colossae, is introduced by a paragraph, expressing...
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Colossians 2:7. ROOTED AND BUILT UP. This is to be closely joined with
Colossians 2:6. as defining the command, ‘walk in Him.' The first
participle points to taking root once for all and continuing ro...
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ROOTED
(ερριζωμενο). Perfect passive participle of old verb
ριζοω from ριζα, root. In N.T. only here and Ephesians 3:17.
Paul changes the figure from walk to growing tree.BUILDED UP IN HIM
(εποικο...
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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 2:6. _As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him:_
Do not go away from him. You have received him; keep to him. Whatever
he was to you at first, let him be that...
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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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KEEP YOUR ROOTS DEEP IN HIM. Your life grows out of him like a tree
from the earth. Read what Jesus said about the "Real Vine" in John
15:1-17. AS YOU WERE TAUGHT. By Paul and his helpers....
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:6 YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE
LORD. Paul reminds the Colossians of the foundational teaching of
Epaphras when they first became Christians. At the heart of this is
th...
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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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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 2:7. ROOTED AND BUILT UP.—St. Paul passes over rapidly
from one conception to another of quite a different kind. We cannot
call it mixed metaphor. We commo...
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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 15:58; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 5:10;...
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Rooted - built up [ε ρ ρ ι ζ ω μ ε ν ο ι - ε π ο ι κ
ο δ ο μ ο υ μ ε ν ο ι]. Note the change of metaphor from
the solidity of military array to walking, rooting of a tree, and then
to building. The me...
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THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE
Colossians 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we enter the second chapter of Colossians, we wish to especially
note the first verse, under the theme: "The Preacher's Longings after...
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Rooted in him — As the vine. Built — On the sure foundation....