THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS 4

give. Le 19:13 Le 25:39-43 De 15:12-15 De 24:14 De 24:15 Ne 5:5-13 Job 24:11 Job 24:12 Job 31:13-15 Isa 58:3 Isa 58:5-9 Jer 34:9-17 Mal 3:5 Jas 2:13 Jas 5:4

ye. Ec 5:8 Mt 23:8 Mt 23:9 Mt 24:48-51 Lu 16:1-13 Lu 19:15 Eph 6:8 Eph 6:9-20 Re 17:14 Re 19:16

10 He salutes them, and wishes them all prosperity.

Continue. Col 4:12 Col 1:9 1Sa 12:23 Job 15:4 Job 27:8-10 Ps 55:16 Ps 55:17 Ps 109:4 Lu 18:1 Ro 12:12 Eph 6:18 Php 4:6 1Th 5:17 1Th 5:18

watch. Mt 26:41 Mr 13:33 Lu 21:36 1Pe 4:7

thanksgiving. Col 2:7 Col 3:15 Col 3:17

praying. Ro 15:30-32 Eph 6:19 Php 1:19 1Th 5:25 Phm 1:22 Heb 13:18 Heb 13:19

that. 1Co 16:9 2Co 2:12 2Th 3:1 2Th 3:2 Re 3:7 Re 3:8

the mystery. Col 1:26 Col 2:2 Col 2:3 Mt 13:11 1Co 4:1 Eph 6:19

for. Eph 3:1 Eph 4:1 Eph 6:20 Php 1:7 Php 1:13 Php 1:14 2Ti 1:16 2Ti 2:9

a door.The term door is used metaphorically for an entrance to any business, or occasion or opportunity of doing any thing; and consequently "a door of utterance" is an opportunity of preaching the gospel successfully. See the parallel texts.

I may. Mt 10:26 Mt 10:27 Ac 4:29 2Co 3:12 2Co 4:1-4

as. Col 4:6 Ac 5:29 1Co 2:4 1Co 2:5 2Co 2:14-17 Eph 6:20

Walk. Col 3:16 Ps 90:12 Mt 10:16 Ro 16:19 1Co 14:19-25 Eph 5:15-17 Jas 1:5 Jas 3:13 Jas 3:17

them. 1Co 5:12 1Co 5:13 1Th 4:12 1Ti 3:7 1Pe 3:1

redeeming. Eph 5:16

your. Col 3:16 De 6:6 De 6:7 De 11:19 1Ch 16:24 Ps 37:30 Ps 37:31 Ps 40:9 Ps 40:10 Ps 45:2 Ps 66:16 Ps 71:15-18 Ps 71:23 Ps 71:24 Ps 78:3 Ps 78:4 Ps 105:2 Ps 119:13 Ps 119:46 Pr 10:21 Pr 15:4 Pr 15:7 Pr 16:21-24 Pr 22:17 Pr 22:18 Pr 25:11 Pr 25:12 Ec 10:12 Mal 3:16-18 Mt 12:34 Mt 12:35 Lu 4:22 Eph 4:29

seasoned. Le 2:13 2Ki 2:20-22 Mt 5:13 Mr 9:50

how. Pr 26:4 Pr 26:5 Lu 20:20-40 1Pe 3:15

my. Eph 6:21-23

Tychicus. Ac 20:4 2Ti 4:12 Tit 3:12

a beloved. Col 4:9 Col 4:12 Eph 6:21 Php 2:25

a faithful. 1Co 4:1-4

I have. 1Co 4:17 2Co 12:18 Eph 6:22 Php 2:28 1Th 3:5

and comfort. Col 2:2 Isa 40:1 Isa 61:2 Isa 61:3 2Co 1:4 2Co 2:7 1Th 2:11 1Th 3:2 1Th 4:18 1Th 5:11 1Th 5:14 2Th 2:17

Onesimus. Col 4:7 Phm 1:10-19

Aristarchus. Ac 19:29 Ac 20:4 Ac 27:2 Phm 1:24

saluteth. Ro 16:21-23

and Marcus. Ac 12:12 Ac 13:5 Ac 13:13 Ac 15:37-39 2Ti 4:11 1Pe 5:13

receive. Ro 16:2 2Jo 1:8 2Jo 1:9

who. Ac 10:45 Ac 11:2 Ro 4:12 Ga 2:7 Ga 2:8 Eph 2:11 Tit 1:10

fellow-workers. Col 4:7 1Co 3:5-9 2Co 6:1 Php 4:3 1Th 3:2 Phm 1:1 Phm 1:24

a comfort. 2Co 7:6 2Co 7:7 1Th 3:7

Epaphras. Col 1:7 Phm 1:23

a servant. Joh 12:26 Ga 1:10 Jas 1:1 2Pe 1:1

always. Col 4:2 Lu 22:44 Ga 4:19 Heb 5:7 Jas 5:16

labouring. or, striving. Col 2:1-23

that. Col 4:1 Ro 15:30

See on ch. Col 1:9 Col 1:22 Col 1:28 Mt 5:48 1Co 2:6 1Co 14:20 2Co 13:11 Php 3:12-15 1Th 5:23 Heb 5:14 Heb 6:1 Jude 1:24

complete. or, filled. Ro 15:14

I bear. Ro 10:2 2Co 8:3

Laodicea.Laodicea and Hierapolis were both cities of Phrygia in Asia Minor, between which, and equidistant from each, was situated Colosse. Laodicea was seated near the Lycus, about 63 miles east of Ephesus; and became one of the largest and richest towns in Phrygia, vying in power with the maritime cities. It is now called Eski-hissar, the old castle; and besides the whole surface within the city's wall being strewed with pedestals and fragments, the ruins of an amphitheatre, a magnificent odeum, and other public buildings, attest its former splendour and magnificence. But, when visited by Dr. Chandler, all was silence and solitude; and a fox, first discovered by his ears peeping over a brow, was the only inhabitant of Laodicea. Hierapolis, now Pambouk-Kaiesi, was situated, according to the Itinerary, six miles N. of Laodicea; and its ruins are now about a mile and a half in circumference. Col 4:15 Col 4:16 Col 2:1 Re 1:11 Re 3:14-18

Luke. 2Ti 4:11 Phm 1:24

Demas. 2Ti 4:10 Phm 1:24

Laodicea. Col 4:13

the church. Ro 16:5 1Co 16:9 Phm 1:2

1Th 5:27

Archippus. Phm 1:2

Take. Le 10:3 Nu 18:5 2Ch 29:11 Eze 44:23 Eze 44:24 Ac 20:28 1Ti 4:16 1Ti 6:11-14 1Ti 6:20 2Ti 4:1-5

the ministry. Ac 1:17 Ac 14:23 1Co 4:1 1Co 4:2 Eph 4:11 1Ti 4:6 1Ti 4:14 2Ti 1:6 2Ti 2:2

fulfil. 2Ti 4:5

by. 1Co 16:21 2Th 3:17

Remember. 2Ti 1:8 Heb 13:3

Grace. Ro 16:20 Ro 16:24 2Co 13:14 1Ti 6:21 2Ti 4:22 Heb 13:25

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. Colosse was a large and populous city of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, seated on an eminence to the south of the river Meander. It is supposed to have occupied a site now covered with ruins, near the village of Konous or Khonas, and about twenty miles N. W. of Degnizlu. By whom, or at what time, the church at Colosse was founded is wholly uncertain; but it would appear from the apostle's declaration, ch. 2:1, that he was not the honoured instrument. It appears from the tenor of this epistle to have been, upon the whole, in a very flourishing state; but some difficulties having arisen among them, they sent Epaphras to Rome, where the apostle was now imprisoned, (ch. 4:3) to acquaint him with the state of their affairs. It is remarkable for a peculiar pathos and ardour, which is generally ascribed to the extraordinary divine consolations enjoyed by the apostle during his sufferings for the sake of Christ. Whoever, says Michaelis, would understand the Epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians, must read them together. The one is in most places a commentary on the other; the meaning of single passages in one epistle, which, if con…