The heavenly flame in the heart of this minister communicated itself to those who heard him; it was like priest like people. Commentary on Colossians 1:1-8 (Read Colossians 1:1-8) All true Christians are brethren one to another. The Spirit had produced such love in them, for they had been responsive to the Spirit"s instruction concerning the why"s and how"s of true love (1 Corinthians 13:4-8; 1 John 4:11; John 13:34-35; Galatians 5:16-26; Galatians 6:1-8). Your love in the Spirit. Colossians 1:1-8 King James Version (KJV). spirit in opposition to matter? Love is the first and chief fruit of the Spirit (Ga 5:22). It is that empty heart which has been violently dissevered from its affections without being united to God, a heart which has need of love, and which finds no object to supply this want. It was a large and wealthy city for manycen… Your love in the Spirit.—“In the Spirit” is “in the grace of the Holy Ghost”—the Spirit of love. It was not mere natural affection, but love worked in their hearts by the agency of the Holy Spirit. Good bibliographies. He told us. Connect with your love. Like the Colossians, today we have a great fondness for men like Paul and Timothy, because we love what they stood for, we love the characteristics they demonstrated and we admire their devotion to God. Not only their love to God, and Christ, and to all the saints, which is before mentioned, but their love to the apostle; though they had only heard of him, and of his great capacity for, and faithfulness and usefulness in preaching of the Gospel, which had greatly endeared him to them. In the Spirit - the element IN which alone true love is found (Romans 14:17; Romans 15:30), as distinguished from that of those "in the flesh" (Romans 8:9). “He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.”. 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. App-101. His disciples are to reflect His love. We see that "love" is a fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22. Faith, hope, and love, are the three principal graces in the Christian life, and proper matter for prayer and thanksgiving. Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. Now, however, in Colossians 1:9, he reverts to the contents of his supplications, and he says that he asked from God, for the Colossians, blessings fitted for mind, heart, and conduct,-a higher degree of knowledge, holiness, usefulness, persistence, and strength-all of them at once gifts of present possession, and elements of preparation too for future blessedness-all of them provided by the Father, and enjoyed by those who have been translated into the kingdom of His Son. 6 Which is come vnto you as it is in all the world, and bringeth foorth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day yee heard of it, and knew the grace of God in trueth, 7 As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare felow seruant, who is for you a faithfull Minister of Christ: 8 Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirit. Do we have any of this heresy today? This, he says, was in the Spirit; it was spiritual love, to distinguish it from a carnal and worldly one; they loved him for the spiritual grace that was in him, the spiritual gifts bestowed on him, the spiritual service he was engaged in, and the spiritual usefulness he was of: or they loved him in, and with their spirits, with all their hearts, sincerely, and without dissimulation; and though they had never seen him in the flesh, yet being, as it were, present with him in spirit, their affections were knit unto him: or this their love was "in the Holy Spirit", as the Ethiopic version reads it; it was a fruit of the Spirit of God, which he had implanted in their hearts in regeneration, as is also love to God, and likewise to Christ. When Epaphras declared their “love in the Spirit,” he spoke of the result, and from such a result it was at once inferred what a Divine change had been wrought, and how the elements of that change had been surely and successively developed and matured. By the will of God - This phrase ought to be the watchword of every Christian, the "warp and the woof (weft)" undergirding all our daily activities, all our goals and aspirations, etc. Love is the first-fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. He was with Paul at Rome as this was being written. Colossians 1:1-8, Love, Faith, Hope, and Truth! Your charity for all men, founded on the love of God. Worldly love arises either from views of interest or from conformity of manners; carnal, from the appetite for pleasure. Faithfulness runs through every character and relation of the Christian life. (2) He declares his good will towards them, telling them that they must not still remain at one place, but go on further both in the knowledge of the Gospel, and also in the true use of it. When we strive for “spiritual perfection” or “spiritual fullness ” by means of formulas, disciplines, or rituals, we go backward instead of forward. Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. A spiritual love towards the true, just, divine, immortal. Articular first aorist active participle of δηλοω — dēloō old verb, to make manifest. “in the Spirit.” This is the only place in Colossians that mentions the Holy Spirit. (8) Who also declared unto us.—This refers to news recently brought by Epaphras to St. Paul at Rome. Colossians 1:8 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Colossians 1:8, NIV: "and who also told us of your love in the Spirit." But the heart has another death which is egotism; which, however, involves hatred, for a man cannot love himself exclusively without hating others. Matter and form are far inferior to knowledge, and knowledge cannot be put on a level with love. Comp. Your love in the Spirit— The Apostle's meaning seems to be, that their love to him was purely upon a spiritual account;—for the sake of the doctrine that he taught; they not having reason to love him upon any inferior consideration, since they had never seen him. Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft. First, it seems to mark the fact that the Colossians love Paul and Timothy despite never having met them. Paul's Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church: NETBible. Colossians 2:1-7 Wisdom in Christ. The mainroads for trade went past Colossae. Now, spiritual love is of such a nature as has no view to the world, but is consecrated to the service of piety, (286) and has, as it were, an internal root, while carnal friendships depend on external causes. The difficult ones are the ones that happen back home. Commentary on Colossians 1:1-14 View Bible Text . 1. the words of praise in chap. Genesis 1:1-8 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith) Revelation 2 (All) (Dr. J. Vernon McGee) Revelation 1 [1990s] (Chuck Missler) Genesis 4-5 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith) Study Resources:: Text Commentaries:: Chuck Smith:: Colossians ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources. Yet even they needed to be stirred up to greater love (Colossians 3:12-14). We … Epaphras had been careful to emphasize this side of their character. Colossians 1:20-23 Sharing The Gospel. Your love in the Spirit; your Christian fellowship and affection. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 1:1-8 All true Christians are brethren one to another. Christian believers must beware of mixing their Christian faith with T HEOPHILUS OF A NTIOCH [To Autolychus, 2, p. 100]. Read Introduction to Colossians “who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.” “who also declared to us your love” Epaphras told Paul and his companions that the Colossians loved them. [Thanksgiving and Prayer. 1. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Colossians 1:9,10 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "A PRAYER FOR THE … This love, then, is--. He had been a minister in St. Paul’s stead; he now, like Timothy afterwards, visited him to give account of his deputed work. Ver. I. Let it be noted that the great heros of the Bible were men and women who prayed (Daniel 6:10; Matthew 14:23; James 5:17). When we pray for Christians in other regions, we should make sure that we are touching upon the same needs and concerns that Paul mentioned. To give this phrase, as in the opinion of Rosenmüller, a-Lapide, Trollope, and others, the mere sense of true Christian love, is a weak dilution. The Spirit of Him who is Love takes possession of the believing bosom, and exerts upon it His own assimilating power. The GENUINENESS of this Epistle is attested by J USTIN M ARTYR [Dialogue with Trypho, p. 311, B. Your charity for all men, founded on the Epistles to the Colossians lived using Robertson Word... 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