8m Beware lest any + Or, man spoil you through elements. philosophy and vain 。 Ga. 4.3.9. deceit, after n the tradition of men, after p Jno. 1. 14. the rudiments of 9 Jno. 1. 16. the world, and not Ep. 1. 20. after Christ. s ch. 1. 16. 9 For P in him t De. 10. 16. dwelleth all the ful- u Ro. 6. 6. ness of the Godhead bodily. Ro. 6. 4. y ch. 3. 1. z Ep. 1. 19. 109 And ye are complete in him, which is the head a Ac. 2. 24. of all principality b Ep. 2.1.5. and power: Ep. 2. 15. 11 In whom also d Ge. 3. 15. ye are circumcised e Ep. 6. 12. with the circumcision Or, made without hands, in himself. in putting off the f Ro. 14. 3. body of the sins & Or, for of the flesh by eating and the circumcision of drinking. Christ: g Ro. 14. 2. 12 Buried with him ++ Or, in baptism, wherein in part. also y ye are risen h Ro. 14. 5. with him through i He. 8. 5. thez faith of the ope- & 9.9. ration of God, a who k ver. 4. hath raised him from tt Or, judge the dead. against you. 13 bAnd you, being ss Gr. being dead in your sins and a voluntary the uncircumcision of inhumility. your flesh, hath he 1 Ez. 13. 3. quickened together m Ep. 4. 15. with him, having for 16 Let no man therefore fjudge you ing in meat, or in drink, or fin respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 i Which shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. are a no man 18 k Let beguile tt you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels intruding into those things I which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding the m Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. 1 IF ye then a bei Ro. 6. 13. risen with Christ, k Ep. 5. 3. seek those things 1 1 Th. 4. 5. which are above, where b Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. n Re. 22. 15. 2 Set your affec-p Ro. 6. 19. tion on things above, 4 Ep. 4. 22. not on things on the r Ep. 4. 29. earth. s Le. 19. 11. 3 For ye are dead, t Ep. 4. 22. and d your life is hid u Ro. 12. 2. with Christ in God. x Ep. 4. 23. 4 e When Christ, who is four life, shali appear, then shall ye a Ep. 1. 23. also appear with him ing glory. z Ep. 2. 10. Ro. 10. 12. b Ep. 4. 24. 10 And have put on the new man, which is " renewed in knowledge after the image of him that y created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: abut Christ is all, and in all. 12 b Put on there fore, as the elect of A. D. 64. of mercies, kindness, c 1 Pe. 1. 2. d Ga. 5. 22. inculcated. yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 t Husbands, love humbleness of mind, e Mar.11.25. your wives, and be Ep.4.2.32. not bitter against meekness, longsuffer ing; 13 Forbearing one e Or, complaint. them. 20 Children, obey another, and forgiv-f1 Pe. 4. 8. your parents in all ing one another, if g Jno.13.34. any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do h Ro. 13. 8. 1 Th. 4.9. Ep. 4. 3. i Ro. 14. 17. Ph. 4. 7. k 1Co.7.15. Ep. 2. 16. m ch. 2. 7. n 1Co.14.26. 15 And let i the Ep. 5. 19. peace of God rule in o ch. 4. 6. your hearts, k to the pICo. 10.31. which also ye are called in one body; 4 Ro. 1. 8. and be ye thankful. He. 13. 15. 16 Let the word of r 1 Pe. 3. 1. Christ dwell in yous Ep. 5. 3. richly in all wisdom; t 1 Pe. 3. 7. teaching and admou Ep. 4. 31. nishing one another Ep. 6. 1. in n psalms and y Ep. 5. 24. hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. z Ep. 6. 4. 17 And P whatso- Phm. 16. ever ye do in word d Ep. 6. 6, 7. or deed, do all in the e Ep. 6. 8. name of the Lord f1 Co. 7.22. Jesus, giving thanks g De. 10. 17. to God and the Father by him. 18 Wives, submit Pe. 1. 17. a Ep. 6. 9. 21 z Fathers, voke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 a Servants, obey in ball things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 d And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: ffor the Lord ye serve that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master b in heaven. 2 b Continue prayer, in in and watch A. D. 64. Lu. 18. 1. Ro. 12. 12. 1 Th. 5.17, to prayer. of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. if 10 9 Aristarchus my 18. fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Mar& 3. 15. cus, sister's son to Ep. 6. 19. Barnabas, (touching 2 Th. 3. 1. whom ye received 1 Co.16.9. commandments: 2 Co. 2.12. he come unto you, Ma. 13.11. receive him; 1 Co.4. 1. 11 And Jesus, Ep. 6. 19. which is called JusPh. 1. 7. tus, who are of the it manifest, as I oughth Ep. 5. 15. circumcision. These the same with e ch. 2.7. thanksgiving; 3d Withal praying d also for us, that God would open unto use a door of utterance, to speak f the mysteryf of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4 That I may make to speak. 1Th.4.12. 5 b Walk in wisdom i Ep. 5. 16. toward them that arek Ec. 10. 12. without, redeeming 1 Ma. 9. 50. the time. m 1 Pe. 3.15. 6 Let your speech n Ep. 6. 21. be alway kwith grace, o Ep. 6. 22. seasoned with salt, that ye may know Phm. 10. P unto the of God, only are my fellow- 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always how ye ought to q Ac. 19. 29. labouring + fervent answer every man. r & 20. 4. & 27. 2. Ac. 15. 37. 2 Ti. 4. 11. 8 Phm. 23. 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minis-or, ter and fellowservant in the Lord : 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 9 With POnesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one striving. t Ro. 15. 30 Ma. 5. 48 1 Co. 2. 6. & 14. 20. Ph. 3. 15 He. 5. 14. Or, filled. x 2 Ti. 4. 11. Ti.4.10. Phm. 24. ly for you in prayers. that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, y greet you. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nym It appears that the Colossian believers were in danger of being seduced from the genuine doctrines of Christ, by persons who strove to blend Judaism and Heathenism with Christianity, but the Apostle in this Epistle, with peculiar force, exhibits the order, structure, and harmony of the Christian system, and shews that it is perfect in itself. Eusebius says, that Colosse, with Laodicea and Hierapolis, were destroyed by an earthquake, about A. D. 66, a year or two after the writing of this Letter. ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΙΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ. The First Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the 3d Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, fand labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren + beloved, your election of God. |