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Colossians
COLOSSIANS 1
PAUL AND THE CHURCH AT COLOSSE (1:1-14, 24-29)
The apostle's praise of this church (1:1-8)
How they received the gospel (1:1-6):
Their faith toward the Lord (1:1-4a)
Their love toward each other (1:4b)
Their hope toward the future (1:5-6):
From whom they received the gospel (1:7-8):
The apostle's prayer for this church (1:9-14)
That they will grow in the knowledge of God (1:9)
That they will please God (1:10a)
That they will bear fruit for God (1:10b)
That they will be strengthened by God (1:11)
That they will be thankful to God (1:12-14)
For what the Father did (1:12-13)
For what the Son did (1:14)
The apostle's proclamation to the church (1:24-29):
The particulars (1:24-27):
The purpose (1:28-29):
CHRIST AND THE CHURCH AT COLOSSE (1:15-23)
Who Christ is (1:15):
What Christ has done (1:16-23)
In regard to creation (1:16-17, 20)
He created all things (1:16).
He sustains all things (1:17).
He will reconcile all things (1:20).
In regard to the church (1:18-19, 21-23):
COLOSSIANS 2
PAUL'S WISHES FOR THESE TWO CHURCHES (2:1-7)
That both be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love (2:1-2a)
That both understand God's secret plan (2:2b-3)
That both guard against theological deception (2:4-5)
PAUL'S WARNINGS TO THESE TWO CHURCHES (2:8-23):
Gnosticism (2:8-10)
The fiction (2:8):
The facts (2:9-10):
Legalism (2:11-17)
Paul describes the love of Christ (2:11-15).
We have been crucified and raised to new life with him (2:11-12).
He has forgiven our sins (2:13).
He has blotted out the charges against us (2:14-15).
Paul describes the liberty in Christ (2:16-17):
In matters of diet (2:16a):
In matters of days (2:16b-17):
Mysticism (2:18-19)
The fiction (2:18):
Through the worship of angels (2:18a)
Through the seeing of visions (2:18b)
The facts (2:19):
Asceticism (2:20-23)
The fiction (2:21-22):
The facts (2:20, 23)
The spirit cannot be purified by punishing the body (2:23).
The believer's body and spirit have been crucified with Christ (2:20).
COLOSSIANS 3-4:1
HOLY LIVING: THE PRINCIPLES (3:1-17)
In regard to the believer's affection (3:1-4)
The place of our affection (3:1-3):
The person of our affection (1:4):
In regard to the believer's spiritual apparel (3:5-17)
What to put off (3:5-9):
Immorality and idolatry (3:5)
Anger, malice, slander, and filthy language (3:8)
Lying (3:9)
What to put on (3:10-17)
A new nature (3:10-11)
Compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience (3:12)
Forgiveness and love (3:13-14)
God's peace and thankfulness (3:15)
The words of Christ (3:16-17)
HOLY LIVING: THE PEOPLE (3:18-25; 4:1):
Husbands (3:19):
Children (3:20):
Fathers (3:21):
Servants (3:22-25):
Masters (4:1):
COLOSSIANS 4:2-18
PAUL'S CHALLENGE (4:2-6)
The Colossians are to be prayerful (4:2a, 3-4, 18).
For themselves (4:2a)
For the apostle himself (4:3-4, 18)
The Colossians are to be watchful (4:2b).
The Colossians are to be thankful (4:2c).
The Colossians are to be fruitful (4:5-6).
PAUL'S COWORKERS (4:7-14):
Tychicus (4:7-8)
Onesimus (4:9)
Aristarchus and Mark (4:10)
Justus (4:11)
Epaphras (4:12-13)
Luke and Demas (4:14)
PAUL'S GREETINGS (4:15):
PAUL'S COMMANDS (4:16-17)
To the church at Colosse (4:16)
They are to read this letter (4:16a).
They are to give this letter to the Laodicean church to read (4:16b).
They are to read the letter Paul wrote to the Laodicean church (4:16c).
To Archippus, a church member at Colosse (4:17):
PAUL'S BENEDICTION (4:18):