a 2 Cor. 13. 14. b Col. 3. 12. c John 3. 29. d Rom. 12. 16. 1 Cor. 1. 10. 2 Cor. 13. 11. 1 Pet. 3. 8. e Gal. 5. 26. ch. 1. 15, 16. James 3. 14. f Rom. 12. 10. Eph. 5. 21. 1 Pet. 5. 5. me. CHAPTER II. The apostle exhorteth them to be of one mind, 3 to be humble and condescending like Christ, 12 and to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. 17 His willingness to suffer for them. 19 He hopeth to send Timothy to them, whom he commendeth. 25 He sendeth to them Epaphroditus, his faithful companion and fellow soldier. Timothy is commended. have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with "fear and trembling : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things y without murmurings and disputings : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, a the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom || dye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, 2 Cor. 1. 14. neither laboured in vain. f h 17 Yea, and if I be † offered upon the sacrifice 1 and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. k e 1 Thess. 2. 19. + Gr. poured fort22 1 Thess. 3. 5. 2 Tim. 4. 6. h Rom. 15. 16. over. i 2 Cor. 7. 4. Col. 1. 24. 19 | But I trust in the Lord Jesus to Or, Moresend Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man 1 likemind- Or, so dear unto me. IF there be therefore any consolation ed, who will naturally care for your Rom. 16-21. in Christ, if any comfort of love, a if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any b bowels and mercies, d 2 c Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be g1 Cor. 10. 24. likeminded, having the same love," being of one accord, of one mind. h Matt. 11. 29. 1 John 2. 6. i John 1. 1, 2. & 17. 5. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Col. 1. 15. Heb. 1. 3. k John 5. 18. & 10. 33. 1 Ps. 22. 6. Is. 53. 3. Dan. 9. 26. m Is. 42. 1. &• 49. 3, 6. & 53. n John 1. 14. Rom. 1. 3. Gal. 4. 4. Heb. 2. 14, 17. o Matt. 26. 39. John 10. 18. Heb. 5. 8. & 12. 2. p John 17. 1, 2, 5. Acts 2. 33. Heb. 2. 9. q Eph. 1. 20. Heb. 1. 4. r Is. 45. 23. Matt. 28. 18. Rom. 14. 11. Rev. 5. 13. 8 John 13. 13. Acts 2. 36. Rom. 14. 9. 1 Cor. 12. 3. t ch. 1. 5. f 3 e Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves. 4 * Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also Phath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 21 For all m seek their own, not the 1 Ps. 55. 13. things which are Jesus Christ's. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. m 1 Cor. 10. 24, 33. & 13. 5. 2 Tim. 4. 10, 16. n 1 Cor. 4. 17. 1 Tim. 1. 2. 2 Tim. 1. 2. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I o ch. 1. 25. also myself shall come shortly. Philem. 22. 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my broth- p ch. 4. 18. er, and companion in labour, and a fellow soldier, "but your messenger, and she that ministered to my wants. q Philem. 2. r 2 Cor. 8. 23. s 2 Cor. 11. 9. ch. 4. 18. 26 For he longed after you all, t ch. 1. 8. t and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sor & 30.6. Jer. g Gal. 6. 14. i Gen. 17. 12, General exhortations. k 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, 'let us mind the same thing. A. D. 64. i Rom. 12. 16. & 15. 5. k Gal. 6. 16. 17 Brethren, m be followers together 1 ch. 2. 2. of me, and mark them which walk so as "ye have us for an ensample. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: m 1 Cor. 4. 16. 1 Thess. 1. 6. n 1 Pet. 5. 3. o Gal. 1. 7. & 2. 21. & 6. 12. P2 Cor. 11. 15. 2 Pet. 2. 1. 19 P Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind q Rom. 16. 18. earthly things.) S look 20 For tour conversation is in heav- 1 Tim. 6. 5. r Hos. 4. 7. s Rom. 8. 5. u Acts 1. 11. 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 21 y Who shall change our vile 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of body, that it may be fashioned like the stock of Israel, of the tribe of unto his glorious body, according Benjamin, ma Hebrew of the Hebrews; to the working whereby he is able as touching the law, "a Pharisee ; a even to subdue all things unto y 1 Cor. 15. 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting himself. P n Acts 23. 6. & the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, less. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all 8 Matt. 13. 44. things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, t Is. 53. 11. 9 And be found in him, not having " mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith : 10 That I may know him, and the y Rom. 6. 3, 4, power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already a attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. A. D. 64. a Eph. 1. 1. b 1 Cor. 4. 17. Eph. 6. 21. c Gal. 1. 3. d 1 Cor. 1. 4. Eph. 1. 16. Phil. 1. 3. & 4. 6. e ver. 9. Eph. 1. 15. Philem. 5. f Heb. 6. 10. g 2 Tim. 4. 8. 1 Pet. 1. 4. h Matt. 24. 14. Mark 16. 15. Rom. 10. 18. ver. 23. i Mark 4. 8. John 15. 16. Phil. 1. 11. k 2 Cor. 6. 1. Eph. 3. 2. Tit. 2. 11. 1 Pet. 5. 12. 1 ch. 4. 12. Philem. 23. m 2 Cor. 11. 23. 1 Tim. 4. 6. CHAPTER I. The apostle's salutation. 3 His thanksgiving to God for the fruits of the gospel among them, 9 and prayer for their increase in grace. 12 He praiseth the through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: f A. D. 64. 15 Who is the image of the invisiblef 2 Cor. 4. 4. Father for his mercy to them through Christ, 15 God, the firstborn of every creature : 7 As ye also learned of 1Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you ma faithful minister of Christ; 8 Who also declared unto us your n love in the Spirit. 9° For this cause we also, since the n Rom. 15. 30. day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; o Eph. 1. 15. p 1 Cor. 1. 5. q Rom. 12. 2. Eph. 5. 10. r Eph. 1. 8. 8 Eph. 4. 1. Phil. 1. 27. t1 Thess. 4. 1. u John 15. 16. 2 Cor. 9. 8. Phil. 1. 11. x Eph. 3, 16. y Eph. 4. 2. z Acts 5. 41. Rom. 5. 3. a Eph. 5. 20. b Acts 26. 18. Eph. 1. 11. c Eph. 6. 12. 1 Pet. 2.9. d 1 Thess. 2. 12. 2 Pet. 1. 11. + Gr. the Son of his love. e Eph. 1. 7. t 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, "being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; X 11 * Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 12 a Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: b d 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath tranlated us into the kingdom of this dear Son: 18 And m he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning," the firstborn from the dead; that in all || Or, among things he might have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that 'in him should all fulness dwell; 20 And, having made peace through || Or, making the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 27 To whom God would make 12 Cor. 2. 14. known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, || Or, among the hope of glory : 28 Whom we preach, warning every n 1 Tim. 1. 1. you. o Acts 20. 20. m Jer. 29. 8. Rom. 16. 17. Eph. 5. 6. ver. 18. Heb. 13. 9. || Or, elements. n Matt. 15. 2. Gal. 1. 14. o Gal. 4. 3, 9. ver. 20. P John 1. 14. ch. 1. 19. q John 1. 16. r Eph. 1. 20. 1 Pet. 3. 22. 8 ch. 1. 16. i 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 1 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. d The ritual law abolished. 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. f 16 Let no man therefore judge you Il in meat, or in drink, or in respect hof a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: i k 1 A. D. 64. || Or, in himself. Or, for eating and drinking. || Or, in part. || Or, judge against you. voluntary in humility. d Gen. 3. 15. Ps. 68. 18. Is. 53. 12. Matt. 12. 29. Luke 10. 18. 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and Gr. being a worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind. 19 And not holding m the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. 0 20 Wherefore if ye be "dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, P why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances; 21 Touch not, taste not, handle not; 22 Which all are to perish with the using, after the commandments and doctrines of men? r John 12. 31. e Eph. 6. 12. f Rom. 14. 3. g Rom. 14. 2. 1 Cor. 8. 8. 23 s Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in twill-worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of || Or, punishthe flesh. CHAPTER III. They are exhorted to set their affection on things above, 5 to mortify their carnal desires, 9 to speak the truth, 12 to be kind and humble, 16 and to let the word of Christ dwell in them richly. 18 Sundry relative duties enjoined. ing, or, not o ver. 8. s 1 Tim. 4. 8. 8 - Beware lest any man spoil you F ye then be risen, with Christ, & ver. 18. through philosophy and vain deceit, Gal. 5. 24. i Rom. 6. 13. k Eph. 5. 3. 1 1 Thess. 4. 5. m Eph. 5. 5. n Rom. 1. 18. Eph. 5. 6. Rev. 22. 15. o Eph. 2. 2. p Rom. 6. 19. 1 Cor. 6. 11. Eph. 2.2. Tit. 3. 3. q Eph. 4. 22. Heb. 12. 1. James 1. 21. 1 Pet. 2. 1. r Eph. 4. 29. s Lev. 19. 11. Eph. 4. 25. t Eph. 4. 22. |
