Colossians 1 - Study-worthy of the Lord- know God
Feb 22, 2012 11:56:18 GMT 1
Post by Anne Terri on Feb 22, 2012 11:56:18 GMT 1
THE NEW TESTAMENT
EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS 1 - STUDY GUIDE
Written by Paul and Timotheus to the Saints and Brethren in Christ at Colosse
Colossians 1:1-6 Paul and Timotheus greeting to Colossee, on their faith in Christ Jesus and the grace of God in truth ...
Colossians 1:7-10 Epaphras ... for you a faithful minister of Christ...Who also declared ...your love in the Spirit
Colossians 1:10-13 walk worthy of the Lord ... and increasing in the knowledge of God ... the Father ... Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness ...
Colossians 1:14-17 (the son) in whom we have redemption ...forgiveness of sins ... the image of ... God ... first born ... For by him, were all things created
Colossians 1:18-22 (God) the head of the body, the church ... the first born ... the preeminence ... and having made peace through him (Jesus) to reconcile all things unto himself
Colossians 1:23-29 If ye continue in the faith ... Paul ... minister ...rejoice in my sufferings...fill up that ... which is the church ... I am made a Minister ... for you ... to fulfill the word of God
Colossians 1:26-29 The mystery which hath been hid ...is made manifest to his saints ...that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus
EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS 1 - STUDY GUIDE
Written by Paul and Timotheus to the Saints and Brethren in Christ at Colosse
Colossians 1:1-6 Paul and Timotheus greeting to Colossee, on their faith in Christ Jesus and the grace of God in truth ...
Colossians 1:7-10 Epaphras ... for you a faithful minister of Christ...Who also declared ...your love in the Spirit
Colossians 1:10-13 walk worthy of the Lord ... and increasing in the knowledge of God ... the Father ... Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness ...
Colossians 1:14-17 (the son) in whom we have redemption ...forgiveness of sins ... the image of ... God ... first born ... For by him, were all things created
Colossians 1:18-22 (God) the head of the body, the church ... the first born ... the preeminence ... and having made peace through him (Jesus) to reconcile all things unto himself
Colossians 1:23-29 If ye continue in the faith ... Paul ... minister ...rejoice in my sufferings...fill up that ... which is the church ... I am made a Minister ... for you ... to fulfill the word of God
Colossians 1:26-29 The mystery which hath been hid ...is made manifest to his saints ...that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus
Colossians 1:1-6 Paul and Timotheus greeting to Colossee, on their faith in Christ Jesus and the grace of God in truth ...
1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2: To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3: We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4: Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5: For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6: Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Colossians 1:7-10 Epaphras ... for you a faithful minister of Christ...Who also declared ...your love in the Spirit
7: As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
8: Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9: For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Colossians 1:10-13 walk worthy of the Lord ... and increasing in the knowledge of God ... the Father ... Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness ...
10: That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11: Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Colossians 1:14-17 (the son) in whom we have redemption ...forgiveness of sins ... the image of ... God ... first born ...For by him, were all things created
14: In whom we have redemption
through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
15: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Colossians 1:18-22 (God) the head of the body, the church ... the first born ... the preeminence ... and having made peace through him (Jesus) to reconcile all things unto himself
18: And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn
from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19: For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
20: And, having made peace through
the blood of his cross, by
him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him,
I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21: And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
yet now hath he reconciled
22: In the body of his flesh through death,
to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Colossians 1:23-25 If ye continue in the faith ... Paul ... minister ...rejoice in my sufferings...fill up that ...which is the church ... I am made a Minister ... for you ... to fulfill the word of God
23: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24: Who now rejoice
in my sufferings
for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake,
which is the church:
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;
Colossians 1:26-29 The mystery which hath been hid ...is made manifest to his saints ...that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus
26: Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27: 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:
28: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Names of Colossians 1
Paul
Timotheus
Epaphras (a faithful minister of Christ)
Places of Colossians 1
Colosse
The ancient city of Phrygia, was Colosse, which has various spellings, based on the language of the time. One may see this written as Colossae, Chonae, or Kona. This city has yet to be rediscovered, for it has not been excavated. The site is in the modern region of the town of Honaz Turkey, on the Lycus, a smaller waterway off the Maeander River.
Epaphras, who is mentioned here in Colossians 1:7-10, apparently becomes the founder of the Church at Colossian, which is written in Colossians 1:7 and 4:12