Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 2:5

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5. For —argument against their suffering themselves to be beguiled, drawn from a regard to his personal authority as though he were present. joying and beholding —beholding with joy. order —your good order; answering to "knit together" ( :- ) as a well-organized body; the same Greek as that for knit together, is used of the body" of the Church compacted, " in :- . Compare 1 Corinthians 14:33 ; 1 Corinthians 14:40 . steadfastness — Greek, " the firm (or ' solid ') foundation. " As "order" expresses the outward aspect of the Church; so "steadfastness" expresses the inner basis on which their Church rested. The Greek literally implies not an abstract quality, but the thing in the concrete; thus their "faith" here is the solid thing which constituted the basis of their Church. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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