The handwriting of ordinances; the Jewish ceremonial law, which lay in the letter, and not in the spirit.
Contrary to us; burdensome, opposed to our liberty and peace as Christians, and constituting a "middle wall of partition" between Jews and Gentiles.
Nailing it to his cross; as a sign of its abrogation; in other words, annulling it by his expiatory death on the cross.
Verse 14. _BLOTTING OUT THE HAND-WRITING OF ORDINANCES_] By the hand-writing of ordinances the apostle most evidently means the _ceremonial law_: this was against them, for they were bound to fulfil i...
BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING - The word rendered handwriting means something written by the hand, a manuscript; and here, probably, the writings of the Mosaic law, or the law appointing many ordinance...
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...
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...
God made you alive with Christ, when you were dead in your sins and were still uncircumcised Gentiles. He forgave you all your sins and wiped out the charge-list which set out all your self-admitted d...
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...
BLOTTING OUT. Having blotted out. See Acts 3:19. HANDWRITING. Greek. _cheirographon._ Only here. ORDINANCES. See Acts 16:4, AGAINST. App-104. CONTRARY. Greek _hupenantios. Only_ here and...
_blotting out_ CANCELLED (Lightfoot). The act of "forgiving" is described under vivid imagery. Cp. Acts 3:19; and see Psalms 51:1; Psalms 51:9; Psalms 109:
_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...
ἘΞΑΛΕΊΨΑΣ ΤῸ … ΧΕΙΡΌΓΡΑΦΟΝ. The mention of forgiveness in Colossians 2:13 leads the apostle to the figure of a bond which is first described as cancelled, then as permanently removed, as it were, from...
ΈΞΑΛΕΊΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΞΑΛΕΊΦΩ (G1813) омывать, стирать. Это относится к стиранию опыта из памяти, отмене обета, аннулированию закона, снятию обвинения или прощению долга. Этим словом обознач...
DISCOURSE: 2178 TRIUMPHS OF THE CROSS Colossians 2:13. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; b...
BLOTTING OUT THE HAND-WRITING, &C.— _Having blotted out with respect to us, the hand-writing_ of Jewish _ordinances_ and institutions, _which_ w_as contrary to us,_ (Acts 15:10.) and had an evident ef...
14. HAVING BLOTTED OUT THE BOND WRITTEN IN ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US: AND HE HATH TAKEN IT OUT OF THE WAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS; _Translation and Paraphrase_ 14. (Ch...
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; BLOTTING OUT, [ exaleipsas (G1813)] - 'having wiped ou...
__ 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...
2:14 effaced (f-2) Used for annulling a decree of law; as 'blot out,' Acts 3:19 ; Revelation 3:5 . handwriting (g-4) Handwriting, obligation to which a man is subject by his signature....
HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES, THAT WAS AGAINST US] RM 'the bond that was against us by its ordinances.'...
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...
(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...
BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING — _i.e., cancelling the bond which stood against us in its ordinances._ The “handwriting” is the bond, exacting payment or penalty in default. (Comp. Philemon 1:19, “I Pau...
CHAPTER 2 THE CROSS THE DEATH OF LAW AND THE TRIUMPH OVER EVIL POWERS Colossians 2:14 (R.V.) The same double reference to the two characteristic errors of the Colossians which we have already met so...
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...
Partially parallel to Ephesians 2:15. Apparently Paul now passes to the historic fact which supplied the ground for the forgiveness. χαρισ. therefore refers to the subjective appropriation of the obje...
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...
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...
Things Which Resulted from Christ's Resurrection"The handwriting of requirements" is an apparent reference to the ten commandments, which God wrote on tables of stone, and the rest of the law of Moses...
(14) Blotting out the (t) handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; (14) He speaks now more generally against the wh...
Blotting out, &c.[4] This is commonly expounded of the sentence of eternal death pronounced against sinful Adam, and all his posterity, for having sinned in him. Others would have it to signify only t...
(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...
14._Having blotted out the hand-writing which was against us. _He now contends with the false apostles in close combat. For this was the main point in question, — whether the observance of ceremonies...
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...
BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES,.... Various are the senses interpreters give of these words; some think by the handwriting is meant the covenant God made with Adam, Genesis 2:17, which bei...
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; Ver. 14. _Blotting out the handwriting_] Crossing out th...
_And you_ Believing Gentiles; _being_ formerly _dead in your sins_ Under the guilt and power of your sins, (see on Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5,) _and the uncircumcision of your flesh_ Your corrupt an...
CHRIST'S WORK FOR HIS CHURCH, RESULTING IN SANCTIFICATION. The glory of Christ in His work of salvation:...
BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US, AND TOOK IT OUT OF THE WAY, NAILING IT TO IS CROSS;...
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 BLOTTED OUT THE BOND WRITTEN IN ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US: AND HE HATH TAKEN IT OUT THAT WAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS; 'HAVING' -The same type of past-tense lan...
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...
BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US: having just before manifested God's grace in the free forgiveness of all their trespasses, he doth here adjoin the foundation and means...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V pointing out thus that remission of sins which follows upon His advent, by which "He has destroyed the handwriting" of our debt, and "fastened it to the cross; "[151]...
Colossians 2:14 out G1813 (G5660) handwriting G5498 requirements G1378 against G2596 us G2257 which G3739 was G225
‘Having blotted out the written bond in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross, having put off from himself the principal...
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 2:14. HAVING BLOTTED OUT, _i.e._, erased or cancelled, since the tense is the same as ‘having forgiven.' But it does not follow that this act is contemporaneous. This refers to the objectiv...
HAVING BLOTTED OUT (εξαλειψας). And so "cancelled." First aorist active participle of old verb εξαλειφω, to rub out, wipe off, erase. In N.T. only in Acts 3:19 (LXX); Revelation 3:5; Colossians 2:14...
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...
HE CANCELED. The Law of Jewish rites. The Law was a curse because no one could keep it (_see_ James 2:10; Acts 15:10). NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. Jesus canceled the Law by fulfilling it for us (Romans 8...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 2:14 RECORD OF DEBT. Paul uses this legal term to describe each person’s debt to God because of sin. God himself has mercifully resolved this debt by NAILING IT TO THE CR...
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 2:14. BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING.—“Wiping out the old score,” as we might say. All that bond which was valid against them Christ had for ever rendered nug...
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...
2 Thessalonians 2:7; Acts 3:19; Colossians 2:20; Daniel 5:7; Daniel 5:8
Blotting out [ε ξ α λ ε ι ψ α ς]. See on Acts 3:19; compare Revelation 3:5. The simple verb ajleifw means to anoint, see on John 11:2. Hence to besmear. The compounded preposition ejx means completely...
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...
Having blotted out — in consequence of his gracious decrees, that Christ should come into the world to save sinners, and that whosoever believeth on him should have everlasting life. The handwriting a...