Exploring Colossians & Philemon: An Expository Commentary
Overview
This commentary on the books of Colossians and Philemon provides pastors, Sunday school teachers, and students of Scripture with doctrinally sound interpretation that emphasizes the practical application of Bible truth. Working from the King James Version, John Phillips not only provides helpful commentary on the text, but also includes detailed outlines and numerous illustrations and quotations. Anyone wanting to explore the meaning of God’s Word in greater depth—for personal spiritual growth or as a resource for preaching and teaching—will welcome the guidance and insights of this respected series.
Top Highlights
“Paul, having finished his opening remarks, now comes to grips with the main issue at stake in the Colossian church—false teaching about Christ and His church.” (Colossians 1:15a)
“They are designed to direct us away, once and for all, from all cultic solutions to the problem of ingrained sin. Paul wants us to live above the world. We are in the world, but we are not of the world. Sin’s temptations assail us from without. Our sinful temperament attacks us from within. The answer to it all is Christ.” (Colossians 3:1a)
“In baptism, a believer proclaims his death, burial, and resurrection with Christ. The idea of baptizing infants is foreign to the New Testament.” (Colossians 2:12)
“And so it is with many people. The psychologist says to all such, ‘Look within.’ The opportunist says, ‘Look around.’ The optimist says, ‘Look ahead.’ The pessimist says, ‘Look out!’ God says, ‘Look up!’ We are to set our affections on things above. We are to ‘seek those things which are above.’ The cultist’s advice was to look down—to pick up a new set of chains, to put on a new straitjacket, to bow down before a new guru tyrant. No! Look up! See Him!” (Colossians 3:1b)
“The word sophia has to do with the discerning faculty, with cleverness and skill and the right application of knowledge. It is possible to have knowledge without wisdom, to be a walking encyclopedia of Bible facts yet to be foolish or neglectful in their application. The word sunesis relates to our discrimination, to the ability to look at things critically and objectively and to discern the true from the false.” (Colossians 1:9)
- Title: Exploring Colossians & Philemon: An Expository Commentary
- Author: John Phillips
- Series: The John Phillips Commentary Series
- Publisher: Kregel
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Colossians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Philemon › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:JPCS72COL01
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T17:17:05Z