Questions tagged [colossians]
Questions about Paul's letter to the church in Colossae.
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Colossians 1:17 Perfect Tense - What did the "all things" do and when?
In Col 1:17, συνέστηκεν is in the perfect tense. However, it seems very common for translations like NIV to treat συνέστηκεν as if it were present in tense:
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Shouldn't Christ be the subject of Colossians 1:19?
ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησεν πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι
In Colossians 1:19 there is no noun or pronoun in the nominative to specify the subject of the aorist active indicative "εὐδόκησεν." Since &...
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Is the fullness in Colossians 1:19 necessarily the same as the fullness in Colossians 2:9?
19 Because in Him, it was well-pleased for all the fullness to dwell, 20 And through Him to reconcile completely all unto Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross- through Him- ...
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What is the meaning of "might be/may have/genetai" in Colossians 1:18?
Colossians 1:18 ESV
"And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent". My emphasis.
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What does "being watchful" mean in Colossians 4:2?
Colossians 4:2 states the following (emphasis added):
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. (ESV)
Here, Paul tells Christians to be "watchful" in prayer. ...
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Meaning of "food" and "drink" in Colossians 2:16
After Paul discusses Jesus abolishing the handwriting of requirements that were against us, he writes in Colossians 2:16-17 (NKJV, emphasis mine):
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or ...
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What is the difference between Deity and Divinity? [closed]
What is the difference between Deity and Divinity? What are the greek definitions and usages? I was trying to dig deep about the meaning of the fullness of deity here in Colossians 2:9. Does this mean ...
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Greek question Colossians 1:23
Looking at Colossians 1:23, specifically:
which was preached to every creature under heaven (KJV & NKJV)
has been proclaimed (ESV)
It looks like most translations translate "κηρύσσω - ...
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What does "synesteken/hold together" mean in "in him all things hold together"? Colossians 1:17?
Colossians 1:17
"And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together." ESV. My emphasis.
Barnes' notes on the Bible:
"The meaning is, that they [all things] are kept in ...
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Colossians 1:20 reconciling "things in heaven"
I am aware of the other question on this site regarding this verse, but this one is slightly different, see: What does "reconciling all things" mean in Colossians 1:20?
Yet, I want to ...
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What does "image" mean in "He is the image of the invisible God", Colossians 1:15?
Colossians 1:15
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation". ESV
1 Peter 2:24
"He himself bore our sins in his body".
Is every aspect of who Jesus is/...
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What does Paul mean you were "dead in your uncircumcision" in Colossians2:13?
Colossians 2:13 NIV
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
Paul had earlier on stated that the church ...
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Colossians 1:18; "the firstborn from the dead" literal or symbolic?
Colossians 1:18 DRB;
18 And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy:
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Buried with Him by/in baptism - Romans 6:4 and Colossians 2:12
Romans 6:4 (ESV),
4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
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Does Romans 10:18 imply the Apostles took the Gospel to the Americas?
According to the scriptures, Jesus told his apostles to go to all nations and preach the gospel. Paul says that mission was accomplished by the time of his writing to the Colossians and Romans:
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How is Christ "firstborn of all creation" (Col. 1:15, e.g. NASB)? Was Adam not the first human being (Lk. 3:38)? [duplicate]
In the Letter to the Colossians, we are told:
Colossians 1:15, NASB: "[Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation" (emphasis added).
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Do any manuscripts have the singular 'sin' in Colossians 2:11?
I previously asked the question What is the textual evidence for 'of the sins' in Colossians 2:11 ? and received an answer which I both up-voted and accepted.
Now, I am trying to discover if any ...
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Colossians 4: Was Luke a gentile?
Colossians 4:
10 My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.) 11Jesus, ...
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How do the two sorts of "new" in Colossians 3:10 relate to each other?
"and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator". Colossians 3:10 ESV
"new" -neon.
"renewed"-anakainoumenon.
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What does "you have been raised" mean in Colossians 3:1?
"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God". Colossians 3:1. ESV
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What does "hidden" mean in Colossians 3:3?
Colossians 3:3 "For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God". ESV.
The truth that the Christian's life is hidden with Christ appears matched with the other side of the coin, ...
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What does it mean that "it pleased the Father" for "all the fullness" to dwell in Jesus (Colossians 1:19, NKJV)?
Colossians 1:19 states (NKJV):
For it pleased [the Father that] in Him all the fullness should dwell.
Now, the New King James Version supplies "the Father," but to my knowledge, most ...
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How are the two references to 'firstborn' connected?
From Colossians 1:15-18 we read (BLB)
He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, because in him were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the ...
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Did Paul allow believers to eat meat of strangled animals in Colossians 2:16?
At the Jerusalem Council, James spoke in Acts 15:29
New International Version
You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual ...
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In Colossians 2:9 - Are Fully Deified souls in Christ ( πλήρωμα τῆς Θεότητος) : Sinless or Omnipotent?
If we [become] Fully Deity in Christ, based on [Colossians 2:9-10] which states:
[9] For in Christ all the **fullness of the Deity** lives in bodily form, [10] and in Christ **you have been brought ...
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Does Colossians 1:18 refer to Mortals or Corpses as the Dead "nekron" (νεκρῶν)?
If Jesus is "Firstborn" (πρωτότοκος) "out from the Dead" (ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν) as stated by Paul & Timothy in [Colossians 1:18], and not conceived from "a man" | ἄνδρα (...
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What is the basis for translating Colossians 1:27-28 to “in union with Christ” and what are the theological implications?
Colossians 1:27-28 NWT: “But now it has been made manifest to his holy ones, to whom God has been pleased to make known what are the glorious riches of this sacred secret in union with you, the hope ...
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What does it mean that Jesus is before all things (Colossians 1:17)?
Colossians 1:17:
17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. [ESV]
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. [KJV]
17 He is before all things, and in Him ...
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Why did Jesus create Judas only for the predestined purpose of being doomed to destruction - based on [Colossians 1:15-20] + [John 13:27, 17:12]?
The new testament teaches Judas as a disciple/creation of Jesus is sadly never forgiven/blessed/prayed for in return for his devotion to Christ's commandments in John 13:27. - Although a creation of ...
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How should we understand Colossians 2:9 in contrast to [Isaiah 7:14-16, Matthew 1:22-23]?
How does a Human fully God not know how to reject bad and choose good?
Colossians 2:9 [NASB] "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form"
Yeshayahu יְשַׁעְיָהוּ֒ | "...
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What is meant by "these are a shadow of the things to come" in Colossians 2:16-17?
Colossians 2:16-17 (ESV):
16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to ...
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Are there other O.T. commandments that experienced a similar "spiritual reinterpretation" as circumcision in the N.T.? [closed]
Circumcision in the O.T. was a commandment that was carried out in a physical fashion. Males had to undergo a literal, physical circumcision of their foreskin. However, in the New Testament the ...
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Christians don't circumcise their flesh, because baptism circumcised their flesh?
Based on the following verses - Are Christians required to circumcise their flesh or not? - "Paul" (Παῦλον) seems to contradict himself regarding circumcision.
Colossians 2:11
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Colossians 2, are angels the rudiments (the basic principles)of the world?
Colossians 2:18-23; ASV:
Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
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Does 1 Corinthians 15:49 show we are not currently in God’s image?
We know from Genesis that we are created in God's image.
Genesis 1:26: Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness"
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Colossians 1:16 ASV could we translate "dominions" as "Lordships"?
Colossians 1:16 GNT;
ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα, τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, εἴτε θρόνοι, εἴτε κυριότητες εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε ...
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When is "Christ in you" revealed in a believer?
In Colossians 1:25-27, Paul was given the ministry to the Gentiles to help them see "Christ in you, the hope of glory," and indicates that he strives to help them to this knowledge. Is ...
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Is Colossians 2:16 addressing "ceremonial" Sabbaths only and excluding the "moral" Sabbath?
Colossians 2:16 (NIV)
16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
Can we infer from the ...
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What does "all things visible" refer to in Colossians 1:16?
What does "all visible things" refer to in Colossians 1:16?
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Are Christians being licensed not to keep the Sabbath according to Colossians 2:16-17, Romans 14:5-8 and Acts 15?
Is Paul giving Christians license to omit Sabbath observance in Colossians 2:16-17 and Romans 14:5-8? Is this corroborated by Acts 15?
Below the passages:
Colossians 2:16-17
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What does πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα mean in Pauline epistles?
What does πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα mean in Pauline epistles?
(a) what does πλήρωμα mean in Paul's usage in Colossians 1:19, 2:9 and Ephesians 3:19?
(b) why did Paul use the phrase πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα mean in these ...
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Colossians 2:5 I am present with you in spirit. Is this literal or metaphor?
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
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How to translate the word passion (pathos) in Colossians 3:5?
English Standard Version
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
New Living Translation
So put to ...
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In Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 4:18 and Colossians 1:21 what does Paul mean by ἀπαλλοτριόομαι?
Eph 2:12 NLT - In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded (ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι) from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made ...
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Who Demands a Ransom?
Col 1:14 - In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Redemption , from the Greek ‘apolytrōsis, (‘Strongs Lexicon: G729- Liberation procured by the payment of a ransom’...
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What does it mean for Christ to be 'firstborn from the dead'?
Col 1:18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come
to have first place in everything.
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Colossians 2:18,23; are these verses allude to Monasticism?
Colossians 2:18, (DRB):
Let no man seduce you, willing in humility and religion of angels, walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of his flesh:
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1 Timothy 6:1, could we consider the unbelieving masters Principalities and Powers?
1 Timothy 6:1, (DRB):
Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed.
Colossians 2:15, (DRB):
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Colossians 2:8,9,10; was Jesus a Philosopher?
Colossians 2:8,9,10; (DRB):
8Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy and vain deceit: according to the tradition of men according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ. 9For in ...
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Galatians 4:3,8,9,21; could we consider elements of the world as Principalities and Powers?
Galatians 4:3,8,9,21;Colossians 1:16, Colossians 2:15; Titus 3:1; Ephesians 6:12.
Could we consider elements of the world as Principalities and Powers?
Galatians 4:3,8,9,21 (DRB):
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