The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23
SECTION VI . THE CLAIMS OF THE FALSE TEACHER . read more
Colossians 2:21-23 Niv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23
Legalism exposed. The apostle, having shown in the last section how much Christ is to the believer, proceeds in the verses now before us to expose the false use of ceremonies, or, in modem phraseology, ritualism. The false teachers were anxious to entangle the Gentile converts in a tedious round of ceremonies—to make them, in fact, Old Testament ritualists. They could even adduce what seemed to them philosophic reasons for such practice. But Paul scatters their false philosophy to the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:16-23
Three errors. I. LEGALISM . "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's." There is a detailed reference here to Jewish institutions. Eating (rather than meat) was encompassed with regulations. There was a distinction drawn between clean and unclean animals. Certain parts of animals (the fat, the blood) were not to be eaten. God's rights (firstborn,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:20-23
The apostle's fourth and last warning is directed against ascetic rules of life. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:20-23
A warning against asceticism. The apostle now proceeds to deduce the practical consequences of our fellowship in the death of Christ. "If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, Handle not, nor taste, nor touch (all which things are to perish with the using) after the precepts and doctrines of men?" I. MARK THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SHARING IN THE DEATH OF CHRIST . ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:20-23
The Christian's exemption from bondage to outwardness. "The rudiments of the world," of which our text speaks, are, according to Bishop Lightfoot, "the rudimentary, elementary, ordinances and discipline of the mundane sphere;" or, according to Conybeare, "the childish lessons of outward firings." Taking the two renderings together, does it not seem that Paul is rather speaking of the spirit of outward things, and not of outward things themselves—the spirit of outwardness as opposed to that... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:20-23
The worthlessness of unauthorized ceremonialism. The apostle here reverts to the ethical errors of the false teachers. Combining his teaching here and elsewhere respecting what he calls "the rudiments of the world," we learn the following truths:— I. " THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD " WERE USEFUL IN THEIR OWN TIME AND PLACE . The difficult expression, "rudiments of the world," seems to mean elementary teaching on the religious life which was no part of the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:21
gives examples of the decrees which the Colossians are blamed for regarding and in this respect more than in any other they seem to have yielded to the demands of the false teacher. 'Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch' (verses 16, 23; 1 Corinthians 6:12 , 1 Corinthians 6:13 ; 1 Corinthians 8:8 ; 1 Corinthians 10:25-27 , 1 Corinthians 10:30 ; Romans 14:14-17 ; 1 Timothy 4:3-5 ; Titus 1:15 ). These rules form part of a prohibitory regimen by which sinful tendencies to bodily... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:22
Is the apostle's comment on these rules, in the form of a continuation of their terms. Do not touch— things which are an intended to perish (literally, for corruption ) in their consumption , which, being destroyed as they are used, therefore do not enter into the soul's life, and are of themselves morally indifferent; so the Greek Fathers, and most modern interpreters. This is the position which Christ himself takes in regard to Jewish distinctions of meats ( Mark 7:14-23 , R.V.).... read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 2:23
Verse 23 23.Which have indeed a show. Here we have the anticipation of an objection, in which, while he concedes to his adversaries what they allege, he at the same time reckons it wholly worthless. For it is as though he had said, that he does not regard their having ashow of wisdom. But show is placed in contrast with reality, for it is an appearance, as they commonly speak, which deceives by resemblance. (420) Observe, however, of what colors this show consists, according to Paul. He makes... read more