Category: Biblical Reflections

Colossians 4:2–6 (NKJV) 2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; 3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, 4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.5 Walk in wisdom … Continue reading Prayer, Wisdom, Grace

Colossians 3:18–4:1 (NKJV) 18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.22 Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according … Continue reading Godly Relationships

Colossians 3:12–17 (NKJV) 12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is … Continue reading The Peace of God

Colossians 3:1–11 (NKJV) While the Bible is not specifically a book of dos and don'ts, there are spaces of teaching where good behavior is lauded, and bad behavior condemned. In this passage, the first few verses affirm positive behavior and the latter part of the passage gives laundry lists of unacceptable behaviors. 1 If then … Continue reading What to Do, What Not to Do

Colossians 2:18–23 (NKJV) 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and … Continue reading Once Bound, Now Free (Relationship, Not Regulation)

Colossians 2:11–17 (NKJV) 11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from … Continue reading Once Dead, Now Alive (Relationship, Not Ritual)

Colossians 2:1–10 (NKJV) 1 For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance … Continue reading Safety in Christ

Colossians 1:24–29 (NKJV) 24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to … Continue reading From Suffering Comes Riches

Colossians 1:19–23 (NKJV) 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by … Continue reading Reconciled