Colossians 1:16-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:19

(b) For in Him he was pleased that all the fulness should dwell; read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:19

For in him he was pleased that all the fulness should dwell ( Colossians 2:9 ; Ephesians 1:10 ; John 1:14 , John 1:16 ; Acts 2:36 ; Hebrews 7:25 ; Matthew 28:18 ). Colossians 1:19 , Colossians 1:20 stand to Colossians 1:18 as Colossians 1:16 , Colossians 1:17 to Colossians 1:15 . The creative work of the Son explains and justifies his supremacy over the natural universe, and his reconciling work accounts for his lordship over the Church, as it establishes his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:19

The fulness of the Godhead in Jesus Christ. "For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." The apostle thus explains the headship alike of the Church and of the universe, for he says the indwelling of Deity was the ground of both. I. THE NATURE OF THIS FULNESS . 1. It is not the mere manifestation of Godhead. 2. It is Godhead itself in the totality of its powers and attributes. It is "the complete fulness and exhaustless perfection of the Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:19

(See on Colossians 2:9 .)—W.F.A. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:20

(d) And through Him to reconcile all things unto Him, having made peace through the blood of his cross,—through Him, (c) Whether the things on the earth, or the things in the heavens. I. (a) In virtue of his relation to God, Christ is at once (b) ground of creation, (c) both in heaven and on earth, and at the same time (d) its means and its end; he is, therefore, (e) supreme over the universe, preconditioning its existence, constituting its unity. II. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:20

And (was pleased) through him to reconcile all things unto him ( Colossians 1:16 ; Ephesians 1:10 ; Hebrews 9:26 ; Hebrews 10:12 , Hebrews 10:13 ; Psalms 2:7 , Psalms 2:8 ). Not "through Christ—unto the Father," as Meyer, Alford, Ellicott, Lightfoot contend. This involves reading "the Father" as subject of Colossians 1:19 (see note). There is nothing in the grammar of this verse to suggest a reference of the same pronoun to two different persons. And the analogy of ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:20

The reconcilation effected by Christ. "And, having made peace through the blood of the cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself." I. THE NATURE OF THIS RECONCILIATION . 1. . It implies a prior estrangement. Man "departed from the living God" ( Hebrews 3:12 ). He is "alienated" from God ( Colossians 1:21 ). "The carnal mind is enmity against God" ( Romans 8:7 ). Even God himself was angry with man ( Psalms 7:11 ). But this prior estrangement implies an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:20

The great reconciliation. The world wants not only education, improvement, and development; it has a sorer need—the necessity of forgiveness, reconciliation to God, renewal, and restoration. It is the glory of the gospel that it recognizes this deep fact, too often ignored by philosophic schemes of life, and that it provides for it by offering the satisfaction of the world's great need in reconciliation through Christ and his atonement. I. IT IS GOD WHO BRINGS ABOUT THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:21

And you, at one time being (men) alienated, and enemies in your thought, (engaged) in your wicked works, yet now did he reconcile; or, were ye reconciled [so Meyer, Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort, and R.V. margin, following Codex B] ( Colossians 2:11 ; Colossians 3:7 ; Ephesians 2:1-3 , Ephesians 2:11 , Ephesians 2:12 ; Ephesians 4:18 ; Ephesians 5:5-8 ; 1 Corinthians 6:4 ; Romans 6:21 ; 1 Peter 1:11 ; 1 Peter 4:3 ). The combination of ὄντες ("being") with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 1:21-23

Application of the reconciliation to the special case of the Colossians. I. THE NATURAL STATE OF THE COLOSSIANS . "And you, being in time past estranged and enemies in your mind in evil works,… hath he reconciled." 1. They were estranged from God. The original term denotes that they had fallen from a prior relationship of amity. It points suggestively to the original innocence of man in Eden, and to the deplorable effects of the Fall, as separating between God and man ( ... read more

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