Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Colossians 1:27
To whom God (u) would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
(u) In this way Paul restrains the curiosity of men.
To whom God (u) would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
(u) In this way Paul restrains the curiosity of men.
Verse 27. _THE RICHES OF THE GLORY_] God manifests to these how abundantly glorious this Gospel is among the Gentiles; and how effectual is this doctrine of Christ crucified to the salvation of multit...
TO WHOM - To the saints. GOD WOULD MAKE KNOWN - “Willed (Greek) to make known;” that is, he was pleased to make this known. It was concealed in his bosom until he chose to reveal it to his apostles....
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...
COLOSSIANS 1:24 TO COLOSSIANS 2:3. PAUL'S OWN RELATION TO THEM AND TO THE GOSPEL. At this very time, in the midst of his sufferings, Paul is rejoicing for their sakes, and in return for their loyalty...
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...
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my flesh, for the sake of his body, I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ. By his body, I mean the Church, of which I was made a servant...
WOULD. desired to. App-102. RICHES. See Ephesians 1:7 THE GLORY. See p. 1511. AMONG. App-104. IN. among, as above. GLORY. the glory....
_would_ Lit., WILLED, or (as R.V.) WAS PLEASED. All was sovereign mercy. Cp. Matthew 11:27. _the riches of the glory_ "_Riches_" is a favourite term with St Paul, in reference to Divine things. Cp. Ro...
Ὅ ἘΣΤΙΝ ABGP, quod est Old Lat. vulg. ὅ ἐστιν Text. Rec. אCDKL. Cf. Colossians 1:24 note, and the difficult passage Colossians 2:10. 27. ΟἿΣ, almost explanatory, “for it was to them that,” see on Colo...
24–2:5. _St Paul’s appeal based on_ (Colossians 1:24-29) _his own joy in enduring suffering in order to make known the secret of Christ’s presence in their heart, and_ (Colossians 2:1-5) _his personal...
Ή ΘΈΛΗΣΕ Ν _aor. ind. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать, хотеть, с _inf._ ΓΝΩΡΊΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ (G1107) делать известным. _Inf._ как дополнение основного гл. ΔΌΞΗΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΔΌΞΑ (G13...
DISCOURSE: 2171 CHRIST IN US, THE HOPE OF GLORY Colossians 1:27. _Christ in you, the hope of glory_. THE Gospel is a “mystery;” “the riches” of which are unsearchable, and “the glory” incomprehensibl...
WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY,— "This rich display of divine grace is all summed up in one word, _That Christ is in you the hope of eternal glory._ Being formed by divine grace in your hea...
26. EVEN THE MYSTERY WHICH HATH BEEN HID FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS: BUT NOW HATH IT BEEN MANIFESTED TO HIS SAINTS, 27. TO WHOM GOD WAS PLEASED TO MAKE KNOWN WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYST...
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: WOULD, [ etheleesen (G2309)] - 'willed to make known.' H...
__ 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...
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...
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...
TO WHOM GOD WOULD — _i.e., God willed._ The expression is emphatic. It was of God’s own pleasure, inscrutable to man. So in Ephesians 1:9, we read “the mystery of His will.” Note also, in Ephesians 1:...
(24-29) Here (as in Ephesians 3, in the same connection) St. Paul dwells on his own mission to set forth the universal gospel to the Gentiles. In the Ephesian Epistle this declaration is made a direct...
CHAPTER 1 JOY IN SUFFERING, AND TRIUMPH IN THE MANIFESTED MYSTERY Colossians 1:24 (R.V.) There are scarcely any personal references in this Epistle, until we reach the last chapter. In this respect...
PAUL REJOICES THAT HIS SUFFERINGS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH, IN WHOSE SERVICE HE FULFILS HIS DIVINELY APPOINTED TASK, OF FULLY PREACHING THE LONG HIDDEN BUT NOW REVEALED MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL,...
_Cf._ for a partial parallel Ephesians 1:18. οἷς ἠθέλησεν ὁ Θεὸς : “inasmuch as to them God willed”; ἠθέλ. is chosen to express the idea that the revelation had its source solely in God's will. τί τὸ...
LABORING TO PERFECT THE CHURCH Colossians 1:21 How wonderful is God! His scheme of grace embraces the world of men, but He can concentrate on individual souls as unworthy as ours. You… hath He reconc...
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...
Paul uses the word "mystery" to describe something God had kept secret in the past and had been revealed (Romans 16:26; 1 Corinthians 2:7-10; Ephesians 3:1-10). Also, Paul usually referred to it as so...
(25) Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; (26) Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generatio...
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...
_CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE_ ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’ Colossians 1:27 The Apostle speaks of a mystery—what is it? In a single sentence, it is ‘Christ in you.’ Looking carefully at the passag...
27._To whom God was pleased to make known. _Here he puts a bridle upon the presumption of men, that they may not allow themselves to be wise, or to inquire beyond what they ought, but may learn to res...
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...
TO WHOM GOD WOULD MAKE KNOWN,.... The spring and cause of the manifestation of the Gospel to the saints, and chosen of God, is not their works, for God does not call them with an holy calling accordin...
To whom God would make known what _is_ the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Ver. 27. _The hope of glory_] All the saints are said to...
_Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you_ Endured for your benefit, having been exposed to them in consequence of my preaching the gospel to you and other Gentiles; _and fill up_ That is, whereby I f...
THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; because it is in the reception of the Gentiles to God's spiritual fold that the glory of this mystery is especially displayed....
TO WHOM GOD WOULD MAKE KNOWN WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY;...
The apostle's joy in his suffering and labor:...
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...
The Mystery of Christ - 1:26-28 26THE MYSTERY WHICH HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM AGES AND FROM GENERATIONS, BUT NOW HAS BEEN REVEALED TO HIS SAINTS. Mystery - Thayer "a hidden thing, secret, not obvious to...
IN YOU: Or, amongst you...
TO WHOM GOD WAS PLEASED TO MAKE KNOWN WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY: 'TO WHOM' -i.e. to ordinary people. 'GOD WAS PLE...
24-29 Both the sufferings of the Head and of the members are called the sufferings of Christ, and make up, as it were, one body of sufferings. But He suffered for the redemption of the church; we suf...
TO WHOM GOD WOULD MAKE KNOWN; he refers the manifestation purely to God's good will and pleasure, as Christ himself doth, MATTHEW 11:26,27 LU 10:21; so in the like case, REVELATION 9:18; that having m...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V And, on the other hand, there is "the riches of the glory of the mystery in the Gentiles," which is faith and hope in Christ; which in another place he has calle...
Colossians 1:27 them G3739 God G2316 willed G2309 (G5656) known G1107 (G5658) what G5101 riches G4149 glory...
‘Whereof I was made a minister (diakonos) according to the stewardship of God which was given me towards you, to fulfil the word of God, even the mystery which has been hid from all ages and generatio...
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...
Colossians 1:27. TO WHOM GOD WILLED; ‘ it was His will,' etc. ‘Would' is not strong enough; both ‘desired' and ‘purposed' are inexact. ‘Free grace' may be interred from the term, but is certainly not...
_3. The Apostle's Joy in His Sufferings and Labor for Christ_. The need of stedfastness (Colossians 1:23) had been enforced by a reference to the Apostle's personal relation to the gospel. This though...
GOD WAS PLEASED (ηθελησεν ο θεος). First aorist active indicative of θελω, to will, to wish. "God willed" this change from hidden mystery to manifestation.TO MAKE KNOWN (γνωρισα). First aorist act...
MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _ CHRIST (_ See Scofield) - (Ephesians 4:24). _...
Colossians 1:27 Christ, the Age, and the Church. I. The character of our age. It is a distinctive age. Whatever may be said of it in the future, this at least will not be affirmed that it was an age...
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...
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...
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...
GOD'S PLAN IS THIS. To make known his secret in and through Christ. AND THE SECRET IS THIS. Christ living in the "people of God" [through the Spirit (Ephesians 2:22; Romans 8:9-11)]....
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 1:26 THE MYSTERY refers to God’s unfolding plan for the world and for redemption through the Messiah (see Colossians 2:2;...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 1:25. See notes on Ephesians 3:7 ff. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Colossians 1:25_ The Pre-eminent Honour and Sublime Theme of the Christian Min
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 1:1 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION. The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a _salutation _(Colossians 1:1, Colossians 1:
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...
1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 John 4:4; 1 Peter 1:3;...
THE GREAT CREATOR Colossians 1:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are entering upon a most wonderful portion of Scripture. It has several very vital things to say, both about Christ, and about us, the servan...
Christ dwelling and reigning in you, The hope of glory — The ground of your hope....