For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him. Colossians 3:3-4 Into the Text One of the reasons it is hard for us to set our minds on things
Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth. Colossians 3:1-2 Into the Text In the New Testament, we are repeatedly urged to focus all our
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? Colossians 2:20 Into the Text After dealing with legalism and empty spiritualism, Paul warns the Colossians of another false teaching that could lead them
Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind. He has not held fast to the head
Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days—these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ! Colossians 2:16-17 Into the Text One of the dangers Paul addresses
In him you also were circumcised—not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ. Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power
Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7 Into the Text As Christians, we are to continue to live our
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:3 Into the Text In these verses, we can see Paul’s concern for the Christians in Colossae and Laodicea. Even though they had outwardly accepted the gospel, they had a tendency to look elsewhere for “something more.” They
God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 Into the Text We now come to the heart of Paul’s teaching in this letter. He speaks of the mystery that is “Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body—for the sake of his body, the church—what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ. Colossians 1:24 Into the Text Paul has made it clear in the preceding verses that the redemption found in Jesus