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2. The Christians In Colossae
Paul's Letter
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The Christians In Colossae

3. Paul's Letter To The Epistle… Opening Greetings & Admonitions 1:1-12
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Opening Greetings & Admonitions 1:1-12
Faithful saints for whom Paul had been praying vv. 2-3, 9-12
Epaphras had taught them re: “their hope laid up in heaven” 1:4

4. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Christ & His “complete” saints 1:13 – 2:23
God “…delivered us from the domain of darkness into the kingdom of His Son” 1:13
A description of Jesus Christ
He is our Redeemer & Forgiver 1:14
He is the Image of the invisible God 1:15

5. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Christ & His “complete” saints 1:13 – 2:23
A description of Jesus Christ
He is the “Firstborn” [preeminent] 1:15
He is Creator & Sustainer 1:16-17
He is Head of the church 1:18
He is the “Firstborn from the dead” 1:18
He is Peacemaker & Reconciler 1:20, 22

6. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Christ & His “complete” saints 1:13 – 2:23
A description of Jesus Christ
In Him are hidden “…all treasures of wisdom & knowledge” 2:3
In Him “…dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” 2:9

7. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Christ & His “complete” saints 1:13 – 2:23
How saints are “complete” in Christ
Gospel preaching can “…present every man complete” in Him 1:28
They are “…knit together in love” 2:2
They have “stability” 2:5
They can “…walk in Him” 2:6

8. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Christ & His “complete” saints 1:13 – 2:23
How saints are “complete” in Christ
They are “…firmly rooted” and are able to resist “…being taken captive by philosophy & empty deception” 2:7-8
They are “…made complete” in Him 2:10
They are circumcised & forgiven 2:11-13
THEME

9. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Christ & His “complete” saints 1:13 – 2:23
Christ removed the former covenant at the cross 2:14-15
It was “…against us” [Jew or Gentile]
Therefore, the Colossians could be spared judgments that would come from Judaizing false teachers 2:16-23

10. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
How “complete” saints should live 3:1 – 4:6
With properly set affections 3:1-4
A mind “…on things above, not on things on the earth”
Because we’ve been “raised with Christ” after having “died with Him” 3:1 2:20

11. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
How “complete” saints should live 3:1 – 4:6
Kill the members of the body 3:5-9
Attitudes & actions that “…bring the wrath of God upon sons of disobedience”
“Put off these things of the old man” cp. Rom 6:6-14

12. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
How “complete” saints should live 3:1 – 4:6
Put on the “new man” 3:10-17
Improved attitudes & actions
“Renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him” v. 10
Because we are the “…elect of God” v. 12
God’s peace “rules in our hearts” v. 15

13. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
How “complete” saints should live 3:1 – 4:6
Put on the “new man” 3:10-17
Christ’s word “richly dwells in us” v. 16
All things done “in word or in deed” are done “in name of the Lord Jesus” v. 17

14. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
How “complete” saints should live 3:1 – 4:6
Appropriately in all human relationships 3:18 – 4:1
Wives & husbands
Children & parents (fathers)
Slaves & masters
Onesimus & Philemon

15. Paul's Letter To The Epistle…
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
How “complete” saints should live 3:1 – 4:6
Being devoted to prayer 4:2-4
Paul personally requests prayers for himself and his ministry
Proper conduct toward outsiders 4:5-6
“Redeeming the time”
That we might know how to answer them

16. Paul's Letter To The Epistle… Closing Personal Remarks 4:7-18
The Christians In Colossae
The Epistle…
Closing Personal Remarks 4:7-18
A commendation of Tychicus & Onesimus vv. 7-9
Personal comments from & to various brethren vv
A final request v. 18