Prayer for you (Col 1:9-12)Jn 6:29,39-40, Eph 1:17-19, Mk 4:8,20, Rom 7:4, 2 Pt 1:2, Col 3:16-17, 2 Pt 3:18 Paul prayed for the saints to know God’s will and to know God. (Col 1:9-12) Col 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, […]
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. (Col 1:13-14)Gen 3:15, Eph 2:1-7, 1 Jn 3:8, Col 2:15, Jn 5:24 In the Old Testament it was foretold that God would deliver us through Christ. (Gen 3:15) Gen 3:15 And I will put […]
Christ is the image of the God. (Col 1:15)2 Cor 4:4, Heb 1:3, Jn 1:18, Jn 14:9 Jesus, the Christ, is like God. Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 2 Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which […]
All things were created through Christ and for Christ. (Col 1:16-17)Rev 3:14, Jn 1:3, Heb 1:1-2, 1 Cor 8:6, Eph 1:10, Phil 2:10 Jesus, the Christ, created all things. (Col 1:16-17, Rev 3:14, Jn 1:3, Heb 1:1-2, 1 Cor 8:6) Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that […]
Jesus, the Christ is the head of the church. (Col 1:18)Eph 1:20-23, Eph 4:15-16 God made all things subject to Jesus, the Christ, and made Jesus the head of the church. (Col 1:18, Eph 1:20-23) Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the […]
The Father that in Christ all the fullness should dwell (Col 1:19)Col 2:9, Eph 3:18-19, Eph 4:10 God was pleased to reveal all of God to Jesus the Christ. (Col 1:19, Col 2:9) Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the […]
God made all things peace with God through the blood of Christ on the cross. (Col 1:20-23)Jn 19:30, Rom 5:1, Eph 2:16, 2 Cor 5:18 Jesus accomplished all the work of Christ by dying on the cross. (Jn 19:30) Jn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he […]
Christ, who is the hope of glory (Col 1:27)1 Tim 1:1, Lk 2:25-32, Acts 28:20, Ps 39:7, Ps 42:5, Ps 71:5, Jer 17:13,Acts 28:20, Rom 15:12God is our hope. (Ps 39:7, Ps 71:5, Jer 17:13) Ps 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Ps 71:5 For thou art my […]
Christ, who will appear richly to the gentiles (Col 1:27)Eph 3:6, Isa 42:6, Is 45:22, Isa 49:6, Isa 52:10, Isa 60:1-3,Ps 22:27, Ps 98:2-3, Acts 13:46-49 In the Old Testament it was prophesied that God would bring salvation to the Gentiles. (Isa 45:22, Isa 52:10, Ps 22:27, Ps 98:2-3) Isa 45:22 Look unto me, and […]
The mystery of God who appeared is that Jesus is the Christ. (Col 1:26-27)1 Jn 1:1-2, 1 Cor 2:7-8, 2 Tim 1:9-10, Rom 16:25-26, Eph 3:9-11 The secret that God had hidden from before the foundation of the world was revealed. It is that Jesus is the Christ. (Col 1:26-27, 1 Jn 1:1-2, Rom 16:25-26) […]