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B. A Concern for the Spiritual Welfare of His Readers (2:1–7) IV. Freedom from Human Regulations through Life with Christ (2:8–23) A. Warning to Guard against the False Teachers (2:8–15) B. Pleas to Reject the False Teachers (2:16–19) C. An Analysis of the Heresy (2:20–23) V. Rules for Holy Living (3:1–4:6) A. The Old Self and the ...
Colossians 3:13 “Be tolerant with each other and, if someone has a complaint against anyone, forgive each other. As the Lord forgave you so also forgive each other.”
Pleonexia, being mentioned in the New Testament in Colossians 3 verses 1–11 and Luke 12 verses 13–21, has been the subject of commentary by Christian theologians. William Barclay [ 5 ] describes pleonexia as an "accursed love of having", which "will pursue its own interests with complete disregard for the rights of others, and even for the ...
Minuscule 321, first page of Colossians. Colossians 1:14 (see Ephesians 1:7) απολυτρωσιν δια του αιματος αυτου (redemption through the blood of him) – 383 424 614 630 1505 1912 2200 2344* 2464 Byz pt (i.e., 76 206 221 223 330 876 1518 1611 1960 2005 2412) ℓ mss vg cl syr h arm slav Gregory Cassiodorus
There are strong parallels between Galatians 3:28 and Colossians 3:11 ("Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.") and 1 Corinthians 12:13 ("For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we ...
[clarification needed] And they both use many very long sentences, e.g. 1:3-14; 1:15-23; 3:1-7; 4:11-16; 6:14-20. Also Col 1:9-20. Also Col 1:9-20. Metaphors, or illustrations in Paul are turned into actual objective realities in Ephesians (and sometimes in Colossians also).
[11] The same idea is seen in other verses, such as Colossians 3:5 ("Put to death what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry") [12] and Galatians 5:24 ("And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires"). [13]
Various epistles (Romans 8:34, Ephesians 1:19–20, Colossians 3:1, Philippians 2:9–11, 1 Timothy 3:16, and 1 Peter 3:21–22) refer to an ascension without specifying details, seeming, like Luke–Acts and John, to equate it with the post-resurrection "exaltation" of Jesus to the right hand of God.