Buried with him in baptism; by openly renouncing sin, and publicly professing to hate and forsake it; thus showing their deadness to its reigning power.
Risen with him; from their death in sin, by believing on him, and thus experiencing in their own persons the same divine power which raised Christ from the dead.
Verse 12. _BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM_] Alluding to the _immersions_ practised in the case of _adults_, wherein the person appeared to be buried under the Water, as Christ was buried in the heart of t...
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM - See the notes at Romans 6:4. WHEREIN ALSO - In which ordinance, or by virtue of that which is signified by the ordinance. YE ARE RISEN WITH HIM - From the death of sin to...
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
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...
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...
In him you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by man's hands, a circumcision which consists in putting off the whole of that part of you which is dominated by sinful human nature, whic...
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...
BURIED WITH. See Romans 6:4. BAPTISM. App-115. His baptism unto death. WHEREIN. in (App-104.) Whom. ALSO, &c.. ye were raised (App-178.) also, and ep. Colossians 3:1 and Ephesians 2:6,...
_buried with him_ Cp. Romans 6:4; the only parallel. Union with Christ is primarily union with Him as the Dead and Buried, because His Death (consummated as it were and sealed in His Burial) is the pr...
ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΒΑΠΤΊΣΜΑΤΙ. So א*ACDcKLP, Chrys.4.467 Thdt. ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ is read by אcBD*G, a few cursives. Although the evidence for βαπτισμῷ is suspiciously “Western,” yet, in view of the fact that βάπτι...
_You have in Christ far more than what the false teachers promise you and demand of you, for He is superior to all spiritual powers_ (Colossians 2:8) Be watchful not to be led astray. Many a false tea...
ΣΥΝΤΑΦΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass._part, от ΣΥΝΘΆΠΤΩ (G4916) хоронить вместе, ΣΥΝΗΓΈΡΘΗΤΕ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΝΕΓΕΊΡΩ (G4891) подниматься вместе с кем-л., воскресать вместе, ΕΝΈΡΓΕΙΑ (G1753) эффективный тру...
DISCOURSE: 2177 THE CHRISTIAN’S COMPLETENESS IN CHRIST Colossians 2:10. Ye are complete in him, which is the Head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision m...
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM,— This verse is in pursuance of what is said in the former; namely, to shew that their baptism was an emblem of the true circumcision, inasmuch as thereby they made a profes...
11. IN WHOM YE WERE ALSO CIRCUMCISED WITH A CIRCUMCISION NOT MADE WITH HANDS, IN THE PUTTING OFF OF THE BODY OF THE FLESH, IN THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST; 12. HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WH...
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 'Having been buried with Him in your [to] baptism:' coin...
__ 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...
2:12 working (e-19) _ Energeia_ . active internal power, as Ephesians 1:19 ; Ephesians 3:7 ; Ephesians 4:16 ; Phi...
RV 'Through faith in the working of God.'...
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...
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...
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM... — It is very interesting to compare this passage with Romans 6:4, “Therefore we are buried with Him in baptism unto death, that like as Christ was raised from the dead by...
(8-15) The general exhortation of the previous verses is now emphasised by a solemn warning against deadly speculative error. Now, (1) _the character of that error in itself_ is described with apparen...
CHAPTER 2 THE TRUE CIRCUMCISION Colossians 2:11 (R.V.) THERE are two opposite tendencies ever at work in human nature to corrupt religion. One is of the intellect; the other of the senses. The one i...
συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ. This refers to the personal experience of the Christian. The rite of baptism, in which the person baptised was first buried beneath the water and then raised from it,...
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...
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...
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...
The Circumcision of Christ The Jews stressed the importance of a physical circumcision. In Christ, sinful ways, to which our fleshly desires lead, are cut off. The "circumcision of Christ" may be his...
(10) (q) Buried with (r) him in baptism, (11) wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of (s) God, who hath raised him from the dead. (10) The taking away of an objecti...
_Buried with him in baptism, signified by the ceremony of immersion in baptism. See Romans vi. 3. (Witham)_...
(11) In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: (12) Buried with him in baptism, wherein...
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...
12._Buried with him, in baptism. _He explains still more clearly the manner of spiritual circumcision — because, being _buried with Christ_, we are partakers of his death. He expressly declares that w...
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...
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM,.... The apostle goes on to observe how complete and perfect the saints are in Christ; that they are not only circumcised in him in a spiritual sense, and the body of the si...
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with _him_ through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Ver. 12. _Buried with him in baptism_] Which succeedeth...
_In whom also ye are circumcised_ Ye have received the spiritual blessings signified of old by circumcision; _with the circumcision made without hands_ Namely, an internal, spiritual circumcision; _in...
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WHEREIN ALSO YE ARE RISEN WITH HIM THROUGH THE FAITH OF THE OPERATION OF GOD, WHO HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD....
CHRIST'S WORK FOR HIS CHURCH, RESULTING IN SANCTIFICATION. The glory of Christ in His work of salvation:...
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...
New Men in Christ - 2:10-15 10AND YOU ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, WHO IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER. Those who are in Christ - are complete. What else do we need? Christ is our head, making ou...
HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, WHEREIN YE WERE ALSO RAISED WITH HIM THROUGH FAITH IN THE WORKING OF GOD, WHO RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD. 'HAVING BEEN' -In the previous verse (Colossians 2:11)...
8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a philoso...
BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM: he shows that in Christ they who are found have not only the thing signified, but right to the outward sign and seal, viz. baptism, in the room of circumcision abolished; t...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh that we were then buried with Christ in baptism, and also raised again with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dea...
Colossians 2:12 with G4916 (G5651) Him G846 in G1722 baptism G908 in G1722 which G3739 also G2532 raised...
‘In whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism in which you w...
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...
Colossians 2:12. BURIED WITH HIM; a single past act is referred to, but as that act took place when they ‘were circumcised,' etc., ‘having been buried' is not a necessary emendation, and may lead to t...
HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM (συνταφεντες αυτω εν τω βαπτισματ). Second aorist passive participle of συνθαπτω, old word, in N.T. only here and Romans 6:4, followed by associative instrumen...
Colossians 2:12 _(with Colossians 3:1)_ Buried with Him in Baptism. In our baptism we are made partakers both of the death and resurrection of Christ. I. People in general, thinking as they do more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FOR WHEN YOU WERE BAPTIZED. Note that he identifies "being freed from the power of this sinful body" with baptism. Baptism is contrasted with the circumcision made by men. YOU WERE BURIED WITH CHRIST....
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:12 BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM... ALSO RAISED WITH HIM.... MADE ALIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM. Baptism represents an identification with Christ in his death (compare...
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...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 2:11. IN WHOM ALSO YE ARE CIRCUMCISED … BY THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.—What to the Jew was a bodily act, at best symbolical and of no value otherwise, was...
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
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...
1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 Peter 4:1;...
Buried [σ υ ν τ α φ ε ν τ ε ς]. See on Romans 6:4. The aorist tense puts the burial as contemporaneous with the circumcision. Ye were circumcised when ye were buried, etc. In baptism [ε ν τ ω β α π τ...
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...
Which he wrought in you, when ye were as it were buried with him in baptism — The ancient manner of baptizing by immersion is as manifestly alluded to here, as the other manner of baptizing by sprinkl...
Our apostle here compares Christian baptism with the Jewish circumcision, and shews, that the signification and spiritual intention of both was one and the same, obliging all persons who took the outw...