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Temptations of St Anthony (c. 1494)
Bernardo Parentino (c. 1450 - c. 1500)
Renaissance Style
Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
Explanation: In Colossians 1, Paul introduces himself and Timothy and wishes the Colossian believers grace and peace from God our Father (1-2).
Paul gives thanks for their faith and for the love which they have for all the saints, which he learned of from Epaphras (3-8).
Paul prays for them that they might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. He prays that they might walk worthy of the Lord, be fruitful in every good work, and increase in the knowledge of God. He prays that they might be strengthened and be patient, longsuffering, and joyful. He exhorts them to be thankful to the Father who gave us the inheritance of the saints in light, who delivered us from the power of darkness, who translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son, and who redeemed us through the blood of Christ and forgave our sins (9-14).
He then expands his remarks about Christ, noting that he is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn of every creature, the one who created everything, and the one by whom all things hold together. He is the head of the church, the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, and the preeminent one. All fullness dwells in him. He made peace by his blood, and he reconciled all things to himself (15-20).
He reconciled us to himself even though we were alienated and enemies by wicked works. He will present us holy, unblameable, and unreproveable if we continue in the faith (21-23).
Paul rejoices that he has been able to suffer for them, and he wants to endure those sufferings fully for the sake of the church. Christ made him a minister to them. He is a minister of the mystery of Christ in you, the hope of glory. He preaches Christ, he warns everyone, and he teaches in all wisdom so that he may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. He labors to accomplish this in accord with the work which works in him mightily (24-29).
[Sermons: John Macarthur. John Calvin. Various. ]
[Illustration: Today's painting symbolically represents the power of darkness spoken of in verse 13 of today's chapter. The painting, though fanciful, nevertheless shows something of the power and persistence of the evil which is arrayed against us. ]
RESOURCES
[THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES:
Colossians 1:1-2: Romans 1:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; 2 Corinthians 1:1-2; Galatians 1:1-5; Ephesians 1:1-2; Philippians 1:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2; Philemon 1:1-3.
Colossians 1:3-14: Romans 1:8-15; 1 Corinthians 1:4-9; Philippians 1:3-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12; Philemon 1:4-7.
Colossians 1:15-20: Romans 1:1-7; Romans 11:33-36; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Ephesians 4:1-10; Philippians 2:1-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10; Romans 5:6-11; Romans 8:28-30; Romans 11:13-16; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28; 1 Corinthians 15:42-50; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; Ephesians 2:11-22.
Colossians 1:21-23: Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; 2 Corinthians 4:13-15; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; Galatians 1:6-12; Galatians 4:8-11; Ephesians 2:11-22; Philemon 4:8-9; 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17.
Colossians 1:24 - 2:3: Romans 15:14-21; 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:7-12; 2 Corinthians 11:21b-29; Ephesians 3:1-13; Philippians 1:3-11; Philippians 1:12-18; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12.
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NOTE: The parallels above are based in a very small part on my own research but principally on the following sources:
Fred O Francis and J. Paul Sampley, Pauline Parallels, Second Edition. (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 1984).
Most of the material on Hebrews is from an online article titled Pauline parallels in Hebrews taken from Charles H. Welch and Stuart Allen Welch, Perfection Or Perdition? An Exposition Of The Epistle To The Hebrews, (London: Berean Publishing Trust, 1973). ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
*** For Additional word studies use one of the Greek Interlinear Bibles below. ***
Book Outline:
1. The Completeness of Christ (Colossians 1:1 - Colossians 1:20) - 60 A.D. Rome
2. Exhortations to Experience Christ's Completeness Spiritually (Colossians 1:21 - Colossians 4:18) - 60 A.D. Rome
Colossians 1
1. The Completeness of Christ (Colossians 1:1 - Colossians 1:20) - 60 A.D. Rome
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.
3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understandinging;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
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 might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
2. Exhortations to Experience Christ's Completeness Spiritually (Colossians 1:21 - Colossians 4:18) - 60 A.D. Rome
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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