Colossians 2:6-7

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Colossians 2:6-7

DISCOURSE: 2175THE CHARACTER OF CHRISTIANSColossians 2:6-7. 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, abounding therein with thanksgiving.THE greatest joy of a faithful minister is to see his people flourish. The Apostles were eminent examples to us in this respect [Note: St. Paul was no less comforted with the piety of some, 2 Corinthians 7:4. than he was grieved with the want of it... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Colossians 2:6

Life and Walk of Faith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 483) Delivered on Sunday Morning, December 7th, 1862, by Rev. C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. Colossians 2:6 . OUR NATURE IS FOND of change. Although man was made in the image of God at first, it is... 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 2:6-7

Colossians 2:6-7As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk ye in Him.Christian activity the safeguard of the ChurchThis letter was written under opposite feelings--feelings that never seem absent from the apostle--the most intense faith in the gospel and the most intense fear for it. No shadow of doubt crossed his mind that it was God’s gospel, and that the whole power of God went with it; and yet he was filled with fear for it and its success in the world. This seems a strange... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:6

6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Ver. 6. So walk ye in him ] Continue well affected, as ye were at your first conversion; fall not from your own stedfastness, 2 Peter 3:17 . Happy is he that can say in a spiritual sense (as it was said of Moses), that after long profession of religion his sight is not waxed dim nor his natural strength abated. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 2:7

7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Ver. 7. Abounding therein with thanksgiving ] Thankfulness for smaller measures of grace gets more. Efficacissimum genus est rogandi, gratias agere. (Plin. Panegyr.) read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Colossians 2:6

received: Matthew 10:40, John 1:12, John 1:13, John 13:20, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Hebrews 3:14, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12, 1 John 5:20, 2 John 1:8, 2 John 1:9, Jude 1:3 walk: Colossians 3:17, Isaiah 2:5, Micah 4:2, John 14:6, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 4:1, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 1:27, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 John 2:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 48:15 - did walk Numbers 28:11 - in the beginnings Psalms 139:24 - the way Jeremiah 6:16 - and walk Ezekiel 36:27 - cause... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Colossians 2:7

Rooted: Colossians 1:23, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 92:13, Isaiah 61:3, Jeremiah 17:8, Ezekiel 17:23, Ezekiel 17:24, Romans 11:17, Romans 11:18, Ephesians 2:21, Ephesians 2:22, Ephesians 3:17, Jude 1:12 built: Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:25, Luke 6:48, John 15:4, John 15:5, 1 Corinthians 3:9-Ezra :, Ephesians 2:20-Song of Solomon :, 1 Peter 2:4-Joshua :, Jude 1:20 stablished: Colossians 1:23, Romans 16:25, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Corinthians 1:21, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, 1 Peter 5:10, 2 Peter 3:17, 2 Peter... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Colossians 2:6

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:So walk in him — In the same faith, love, holiness. read more

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