Colossians 2:12

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Colossians 2:1-15

The Higher Christian Life Colossians 2:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the second chapter of Colossians, we wish to especially note the first verse, under the theme: "The Preacher's Longings after His People." 1. The preacher needs to possess the passion of Christ for others. That it is very vital to know and to preach Christ in His Person, we have no doubt. That it is very vital to experience the mighty power of Christ, as we proclaim our preaching, we have no doubt. We also have no... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 2:11-12

‘In whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God who raised him from the dead.’ In Christ all who are His are circumcised with a spiritual circumcision. They do not need to be circumcised physically, for they have experienced something far greater. Physical circumcision, and the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 2:4-23

Colossians 2:4-Isaiah : . An Urgent Warning against a Degrading Theosophy.— Let them not be led away by false reasonings, however persuasive. They must think of Paul, despite his bodily absence, as being with them in spirit ( 1 Corinthians 5:3 f.*), as a sharer of their joy, and a spectator of the ordered line and steadfast front of their loyalty to Christ. As, then, they received the Messiah, Jesus the Lord, so let them walk in Him, true to the instruction they received, rooted and built up... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Colossians 2:12

Buried with him in baptism: he shows that in Christ they who are found have not only the thing signified, but right to the outward sign and seal, viz. baptism, in the room of circumcision abolished; the death and burial of Christ is not only the exemplar, but the cause of the death of the old man, signed and sealed in baptism: or, by baptism into death, Romans 6:3,Romans 6:4, analogically, or symbolically, or sacramentally, when the Lord, together with the external sign, conferreth his grace... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Colossians 2:11-12

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESColossians 2:11. In whom also ye are circumcised … by the circumcision of Christ.—What to the Jew was a bodily act, at best symbolical and of no value otherwise, was to the Colossian disciple a spiritual renovation, so complete as to render the old symbol of it inadequate.Colossians 2:12. Buried … risen.—Referring to the definite acts when, as Christian converts, they went beneath the baptismal waters and emerged to live the faith thus publicly confessed. Through... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Colossians 2:12

Colossians 2:12 (with Colossians 3:1 ) Buried with Him in Baptism. In our baptism we are made partakers both of the death and resurrection of Christ. I. People in general, thinking as they do more or less slightly about baptism, forget very much the way in which Holy Scripture speaks about it. They think it a right thing to have their children baptised, but they are not very anxious about it. They do it, but they are not sure that they see much good in it. Now compare with this the way in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Colossians 2:10-12

DISCOURSE: 2177THE CHRISTIAN’S COMPLETENESS IN CHRISTColossians 2:10-12. Ye are complete in him, which is the Head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.MAN is prone to corrupt whatever proceeds from God. He... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Colossians 2:1-23

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Colossians, chapter two.Paul had never visited Colosse. He had heard of the church from Epaphras, who was the minister there, who had told Paul of the love that these people had for Jesus Christ and of the faith. But he also told him of certain heresies that were trying to infiltrate the church. And so, Paul is writing to warn them against these heresies. And so in verse one of chapter two, he said,For I would that you knew what great conflict I have for you,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 2:1-23

Colossians 2:1-2 . I would that ye knew what great conflict I have, in the inward feelings of my heart and wrestlings of prayer, for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many, in the adjacent districts, as have not seen my face in the flesh. I want you to be comforted in the Lord by the strong bonds of unity, concord, and love. I want the gospel to be preached to you in all its excellence and extent, to the full assurance of understanding and prudence in the knowledge of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 2:11-12

Colossians 2:11-12In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands.Christian circumcisionI. Is inward and spiritual.II. Is complete. Manual circumcision was the cutting away of only a small part of the flesh. But the spiritual circumcision consists in putting off the whole body of our corrupt nature--the entire fleshly principle.III. Is Divine. “By the circumcision of Christ.” It is wrought, without hands, by the inward power of the Divine Spirit of Christ.IV. Is... read more

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