Colossians 2:6-7

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Colossians 2:6-7

Colossians CHRISTIAN PROGRESS Col_2:6-7 R.V.. It is characteristic of Paul that he should here use three figures incongruous with each other to express the same idea, the figures of walking, being rooted, and built up. They, however, have in common that they all suggest an initial act by which we are brought into connection with Christ, and a subsequent process flowing from and following on it. Receiving Christ, being rooted in Him, being founded on Him, stand for the first; walking in... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Colossians 2:1-12

Established in Their Faith Colossians 2:1-12 If you know Christ, you can lay your hand on the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. They are matters of daily experience. The Apostle’s aim in this chapter is to put his converts on their guard against those who might divert them from their simple faith in Jesus, and their sufficiency in Him. The keynotes are Take heed and Let no one . The first act of the Christian life is to receive Christ, and every moment afterward we must continue receiving... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:1-23

If for a moment we glance back at the passage beginning with 1:24 and ending with 2:3, we find reference to a threefold mystery: the first, the Church, which is the Body of Christ; then the secret of life in the individual believer, "Christ in you, the hope of glory"; finally, the deepest mystery of all, "the mystery of God even Christ." The apostle declared his reason for having so carefully stated this doctrine of Christ and the Church. It is that the Colossian Christians might not be... read more

Robert Neighbour

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

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:6-7

‘IN HIM’‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught.’ Colossians 2:6-Judges : There is a wonderful unity in Gospel truth; it all leads up to the one central Person. I. All revelation testifies of Christ, proceeds from Christ, reverts to Christ, finds in Christ its centre, guides us in the last resort to Him. Poor may our ministry be, yet let it only be true to its central object, which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 2:6-7

‘As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith (or ‘your faith’), even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.’ Paul’s usual term for Jesus Christ in Colossians is ‘Christ’. In Colossians 1:1 he opened by calling Him ‘Christ Jesus’, followed by ‘Christ’ (Colossians 1:2), ‘our Lord Jesus Christ’ (Colossians 1:3) and ‘Christ Jesus’ in Colossians 1:4. These have established identification and position. Then there... 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 2:6

Having cautioned them against sophistical seducers, and commended them for that order and sound faith he understood to be amongst them, he here infers an exhortation to continuance in both, especially in the latter, with respect to the person of Christ, according as he had before described him: for he doth not say: As ye have received the doctrine of Christ, or concerning Christ, but: As ye have received Christ himself, as John 1:11,John 1:12; 1 John 5:11,1 John 5:12, in whom is all treasured... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Colossians 2:7

Rooted and built up in him; showing how they should abide and persevere in the faith, by continuing in him as branches do in the root, John 15:4, and resting upon him as a building upon the foundation, Isaiah 28:16; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:22. And stablished in the faith; and being firm and settled in the faith, as 1 Peter 5:10; he adds this, not only to clear the metaphorical expressions before, but to show that they should be growing stronger as to the internal habit, Psalms... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Colossians 2:6-8

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESColossians 2:7. Rooted and built up.—St. Paul passes over rapidly from one conception to another of quite a different kind. We cannot call it mixed metaphor. We commonly speak of a new town planted or a house planted.Colossians 2:8. Beware lest any man spoil you.—R.V. “maketh spoil of you.” The word for “spoil” means “to lead away as booty,” as the Sabeans swooped down on the oxen and asses of Job and carried them away as their own property. Through philosophy and... read more

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