The Fullness of The Godhead Bodily

Col 2:6 KJV – As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:
Col 2:7 KJV – Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Col 2:8 KJV – Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Col 2:9 KJV – For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Col 2:10 KJV – And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

Continue reading

Conflict for the Gospel’s Sake

Message 4 in our series through Colossians.

Col 2:1  – For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Col 2:2  – That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Col 2:3  – In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Col 2:4  – And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Col 2:5  – For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. Continue reading

The Mystery Revealed, Colossians 1:23-29

Message 3 in our series through Colossians.

Col 1:24  – 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:
Col 1:25  – 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;
Col 1:26  – [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Col 1:27  – 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:
Col 1:28  – Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Col 1:29  – Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

The Mystery Revealed, Colossians

 

Colossians Chapter 1:1-7

Col 1:1 KJV – Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus [our] brother,
Col 1:2 KJV – 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.
Col 1:3 KJV – We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
Col 1:4 KJV – Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love [which ye have] to all the saints,
Col 1:5 KJV – For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Col 1:6 KJV – 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:
Col 1:7 KJV – As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
Col 1:8 KJV – Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Continue reading