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Series –

The Epistle to the Colossians
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Articles in this Series
The Epistle to the Colossians
Paul had never visited Colosse and wanted to tell the believers something of himself and his calling so that they might better understand his motivation. His was a ministry of involvement. He wasn’t j…
Tom Wilson (3)
1997 Volume 52 Issue 2
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 1
Introduction Colossians was one of four letters written from the prison in Rome, Acts 28. 16.1 It was delivered to Colossae, together with the letter to Philemon, by the hand of Tychicus, accompanied …
William Banks
2018 Volume 73 Issue 2
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 2
The two prayers, vv. 3-14 The two prayers can be outlined as follows: Thanksgiving, vv. 3-8 – two hearings: ‘Since we heard of your faith … love … hope’, vv. 3-5; ‘Ye heard’ vv. 5-8. Note it is state…
William Banks
2018 Volume 73 Issue 3
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 3
The two prayers, vv. 3-14 (continued) The two prayers can be outlined as follows: Thanksgiving, vv. 3-8 – two hearings: ‘Since we heard of your faith … love … hope’, vv. 3-5; ‘Ye heard’, vv. 5-8. Not…
William Banks
2018 Volume 73 Issue 4
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 4
The Majesty of Christ 1. 15-23 Recall that the assembly at Colossae appears to have been subjected to false teaching. It has been appropriately called Judaistic Gnosticism – a mixture of Greek philoso…
William Banks
2019 Volume 74 Issue 1
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 5
The majesty of Christ in new creation, 1. 19-23 A great day for the universe is yet to dawn when the Lord Jesus reconciles ‘all things unto himself’, v. 20. It will effectively be a new creation! Mill…
William Banks
2019 Volume 74 Issue 2
A Word for Today
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 6
Paul’s two ministries, 1. 23 to 2. 3. The two ministries were given to Paul ‘according to the dispensation of God’, v. 25. He is a ‘minister’ of ‘the gospel’ and a ‘minister’ of ‘the church’, vv. 23, …
William Banks
2019 Volume 74 Issue 3
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 7
Warnings and answers, 2. 4-19 The clever deceiver, vv. 4-7 – beguiling ‘with enticing words’ This paragraph, and indeed this whole section to verse 19, begins with a connection to what has gone before…
William Banks
2019 Volume 74 Issue 4
A Word for Today
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 8
The caution The character of the intruder The method adopted The answer – Christ is the answer in each case vv. 4-7 ‘Lest any man’ The clever deceiver Beguiling ‘with enticing words’, v. 4. ‘Chri…
William Banks
2020 Volume 75 Issue 1
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 9
Warnings and answers, 2. 4-19 (continued) The idol worshipper vv. 18, 19 – defrauding by ‘worshipping of angels’ – mysticism The problem addressed in this warning is the possibility of being beguiled …
William Banks
2020 Volume 75 Issue 2
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 10
The significance of being raised with Christ, 3. 1-4 – ‘ye have been raised with the Christ’ JND. Continued. ‘Seek those things which are above’, v. 1, ‘where’; practical, external The fact of our bei…
William Banks
2020 Volume 75 Issue 3
Exposition
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 11
In part 10 of this series, we began to look at the paragraph dealing with the imperative to ‘put off all these’, 3. 8-11. We saw that this paragraph, from verses 8 to 11, had two subsections: the feat…
William Banks
2020 Volume 75 Issue 4
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