COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 2

OBSERVATION STAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the normative rules of language, context and by the book of Colossians. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.

Note that similar or the same subject matter describing an historic event which matter is essentially the same as the subject matter in another passage in Scripture does not necessarily prove that the passages in view portray the same event.

On the other hand, passages in Scripture which not only have similar or the same subject matter describing an event but which also have different subject matter from one another, may or may not have the same event in view depending upon a full examination of the context of each of the passages. Given the brevity of the bible - the limited time, space and resources such as paper, ink, etc. - not everything was capable of being included in each of the writings or even in all of the writings together. There are going to be similarities and differences. But a careful examination of Scripture will reveal that there is nevertheless a miraculous harmony and complete absence of contradiction.

Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.

Note: references to Manuscript Evidence are largely quotations from New Testament Text and Translation Commentary, by Phillip W. Comfort, Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, IL, 2008.

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[Col 1:24-29]:

[(Col 1:24-28) Manuscript Evidence]:

[(Col 1:27a) Manuscript Evidence For Col 1:27a]:

[(Col 1:27b) Manuscript Evidence For Col 1:27b]:

[(Col 1:28a) Manuscript Evidence For Col 1:28a]:

[(Col 1:28b) Manuscript Evidence For Col 1:28b]:

[(Col 1:24-29) Commentary On Col 1:24-29]:

[Commentary On Col 1:24]:

PAUL NOW STATES THAT HE REJOICES IN HIS SUFFERINGS FOR THE SAKE OF THE COLOSSIAN BELIEVERS AND FOR ALL BELIEVERS. FOR IN HIS [PAUL'S] FLESH HE DOES HIS SHARE ON BEHALF OF HIS [CHRIST'S] BODY, WHICH IS THE CHURCH, IN FILLING UP WHAT IS LACKING IN CHRIST'S AFFLICATIONS IN THE SENSE OF PAUL'S PERSONAL SUFFERINGS ON BEHALF OF FELLOW BELIEVERS BY PARTICIPATING IN CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS AS THE WORLD PERSECUTES THE CHURCH CHRIST'S BODY THROUGHOUT THIS AGE

[Expositor's Commentary On Col 1:24]:

[Compare 2 Tim 3:10-12]:

[Compare Heb 10:32-33]:

[Compare Ro 8:16-18]:

[Compare 2 Cor 1:5-7]:

[Compare Phil 1:29; 2:17]:

[Bible Knowledge Commentary on Phil 2:17]:

[Expositor's Bible Commentary on Phil 2:17]:

[Compare 2 Tim 1:8-9; 2:8-10]:

[Bible Knowledge Commentary on 2 Tim 2:8-10]:

[Expositor's Bible Commentary on 2 Tim 2:8-9]:

[Commentary On Col 1:24-25]:

PAUL STATED IN COL 1:24 THAT HE REJOICES IN HIS SUFFERINGS FOR THE SAKE OF THE COLOSSIAN BELIEVERS AND FOR ALL BELIEVERS. FOR IN HIS [PAUL'S] FLESH HE DOES HIS SHARE ON BEHALF OF HIS [CHRIST'S] BODY, WHICH IS THE CHURCH, IN FILLING UP WHAT IS LACKING IN CHRIST'S AFFLICATIONS IN THE SENSE OF PAUL'S PERSONAL SUFFERINGS ON BEHALF OF FELLOW BELIEVERS BY PARTICIPATING IN CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS AS THE WORLD PERSECUTES THE CHURCH - THE BODY OF CHRIST THROUGHOUT THIS AGE. FOR IT IS EXPLAINED IN COL 1:25, IT IS THE CHURCH OF WHICH HE BECAME A MINISTER ACCORDING TO THE STEWARDSHIP / THE RESPONSIBILITY / THE COMMISSION ASSIGNED TO HIM FROM AND BY GOD WHICH WAS GIVEN TO HIM FOR THE SAKE OF THE BELIEVERS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE WORD OF GOD

[Expositor's Bible Commentary on Col 1:25]:

[Commentary On Col 1:24-29 cont]:

[Commentary On Col 1:26]:

PAUL STATED IN COL 1:24 THAT HE REJOICES IN HIS SUFFERINGS FOR THE SAKE OF THE COLOSSIAN BELIEVERS AND FOR ALL BELIEVERS. FOR IN HIS [PAUL'S] FLESH HE DOES HIS SHARE ON BEHALF OF HIS [CHRIST'S] BODY, WHICH IS THE CHURCH, IN FILLING UP WHAT IS LACKING IN CHRIST'S AFFLICTIONS IN THE SENSE OF PAUL'S PERSONAL SUFFERINGS ON BEHALF OF FELLOW BELIEVERS BY PARTICIPATING IN CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS AS THE WORLD PERSECUTES THE CHURCH - THE BODY OF CHRIST THROUGHOUT THIS AGE. FOR IT IS EXPLAINED IN COL 1:25, IT IS THE CHURCH OF WHICH HE BECAME A MINISTER ACCORDING TO THE STEWARDSHIP / THE RESPONSIBILITY / THE COMMISSION ASSIGNED TO HIM FROM AND BY GOD WHICH WAS GIVEN TO HIM FOR THE SAKE OF THE BELIEVERS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE WORD OF GOD

THEN IN COL 1:26, PAUL DECLARED THAT THE FULFILLMENT OF THE WORD OF GOD WAS THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM THE PAST AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT HAS NOW BEEN MANIFESTED TO HIS [GOD'S] SAINTS IN THIS AGE - THE CHURCH

[Expositor's Commentary On Col 1:26]:

[Compare Excerpts From Ephesians Chapter 3 on the mystery of the Church ]:

[Commentary On Col 1:27]:

AND THEN IN COL 1:27, THIS HERETOFORE UNKNOWN BODY OF BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST - GENTILE BELIEVERS, GOD NOW WILLED TO BE KNOWN WHAT IS THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILE BELIEVERS, IN THE SENSE THAT THE GENTILES WILL SHARE IN THE GLORY OF GOD WITH THE JEWS WHO ARE FELLOW BELIEVERS IN CHRIST. AND THAT GLORY IS CHRIST IN THEM. SO THE MYSTERY - LONG HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE AGES BUT NOW REVEALED IS NOT THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES AND ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD; FOR THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED TO ALL MANKIND SINCE THE BEGINNING; BUT THE MYSTERY IS THE INDWELLING OF JESUS CHRIST IN HIS PEOPLE: THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO BELIEVE IN HIM, WHETHER JEW OR GENTILE. FOR IT IS THE CHRIST IN YOU [THE BELIEVER] WHO IS THE HOPE OF GLORY!

[Commentary On Col 1:28-29]:

IN COL 1:28-29, PAUL WROTE, "WE PROCLAIM CHRIST, ADMONISHING EVERY MAN AND TEACHING EVERY MAN WITH ALL WISDOM, SO THAT WE MAY PRESENT EVERY MAN COMPLETE IN CHRIST. FOR THIS PURPOSE ALSO [PAUL LABORS], STRIVING ACCORDING TO HIS [CHRIST'S] POWER, WHICH MIGHTLY WORKS WITHIN [HIM].

I) [Col 2:1-23]:

A) [(Col 2:1)]:

1) [(Col 2:1) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:1]:

2) [(Col 2:1) Commentary On Col 2:1]:

AUTHOR AND APOSTLE PAUL ASKED, "FOR I WANT TO KNOW HOW GREAT A STRUGGLE I HAVE ON YOUR [COLOSSIAN BELIEVERS'] BEHALF AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT LAODICEA AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PERSONALLY SEEN MY FACE, IMPLYING THAT HE HAD NOT VISITED THESE CHURCHES. NEVERTHELESS, HIS STRUGGLE WAS A GREAT ONE ON THEIR BEHALF, LARGELY THROUGH PRAYER BATTLING THE ERRORISTS WHO OPPOSED THE DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH

B) [(Col 2:1-3)]:

1) [(Col 2:2) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:2]:

2) [(Col 2:1-3) Commentary On Col 2:1-3]:

PAUL'S INTENDED RESULT WAS THAT THE BELIEVERS' HEARTS MAY BE ENCOURAGED, HAVING BEEN UNITED TOGETHER IN AGAPE LOVE, AND ATTAINING TO ALL THE SPIRITUAL WEALTH THAT COMES FROM THE FULL ASSURANCE OF UNDERSTANDING, RESULTING IN A TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S MYSTERY, THAT IS CHRIST HIMSELF IN WHOM ARE HIDDEN ALL THE TREASURES OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE - AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL BELIEVERS

C) [Col 2:4-5)]:

1) [(Col 2:4-5) Commentary On Col 2:4-5]:

CONTRARY TO THE ERRORISTS, IN COL 2:4-5, PAUL REINFORCES WHAT HE WROTE IN COL 2:1-3 IN ORDER TO REFUTE THE ERRORISTS, THAT CHRIST IS THE SOURCE OF THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, APART FROM THE WISDOM OF THE ERRORISTS. ALTHOUGH PAUL WAS ABSENT FROM THE COLOSSIANS, NEVERTHELESS, HE DELIGHTED IN KNOWING HOW ORDERLY AND HOW FIRM THEIR FAITH WAS

D) [Col 2:6-7)]:

1) [(Col 2:7a) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:7a]:

2) [(Col 2:7b) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:7b]:

3) [(Col 2:6-7) Commentary On Col 2:6-7 to conclude The Argument Begun In Col 1:15, Especially Col 1:15-29]:

IN COL 2:6-7, PAUL CONCLUDES, SO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS TO CONTINUE AS IT COMMENCED: JUST AS YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS BY A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE, YOU ARE TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN HIM; AND MORE: YOU ARE TO STUDY GOD'S WORD ESPECIALLY THE WRITINGS OF PAUL AND ALL THE WRITERS OF SCRIPTURE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY - AS COMMANDED

a) [Compare Col 1:15-29]:

b) [Compare 2 Cor 11:4]:

c) [Compare Gal 1:6]:

3 cont) [(Col 2:6-7) Commentary On Col 2:6-7 to conclude The Argument Begun In Col 1:15, Especially Col 1:15-29 (cont.)]:

IN COL 2:6-7, PAUL CONCLUDES, SO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS TO CONTINUE AS IT COMMENCED: JUST AS YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS BY A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE, YOU ARE TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN HIM; AND MORE: YOU ARE TO STUDY GOD'S WORD ESPECIALLY THE WRITINGS OF PAUL AND ALL THE WRITERS OF SCRIPTURE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY - AS COMMANDED, (cont.)

d) [Compare Eph 4:14]:

e) [Compare Col 1:12]:

E) [(Col 2:8-12)]:

1) [(Col 2:8) Commentary On Col 2:8]:

IN VIEW OF THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE COLOSSIAN BELIEVERS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE ERRORISTS TO DISRUPT THE BELIEVERS' STEADFASTNESS IN THE FAITH; PAUL WARNS THEM TO SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE TAKES THEM CAPTIVE THROUGH UNGODLY PHILOSOPHY AND EMPTY / UNWARRANTED DECEPTION WHICH ARE ACCORDING TO THE TRADITIONS OF MEN IN THE SENSE OF UNGODLY AND ACCORDING TO THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD  I.E., AS OPPOSED TO ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST AND HIM ALONE

a) [Ref. Col 2:6-7]:

b) [Compare James 1:26]:

2) [(Col 2:9) Commentary On Col 2:9]:

FOR IN CHRIST DWELLS ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD / DEITY BODILY - WITHIN HIS PERFECT HUMANITY. THIS STATEMENT CANNOT BE LIMITED TO JESUS CHRIST HAVING A FINITE IMAGE OF GOD WITHIN HIM, OR HIS BEING AN ANGELIC BEING, OR HIS BEING A GOD, AS SOME CONTEND. FOR TO HAVE ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD IS TO HAVE ALL OF HIS ESSENCE - TO BE GOD AND NOTHING LESS!

3) [(Col 2:10) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:10]:

4) [(Col 2:10) Commentary On Col 2:10]:

AFTER DECLARING IN COL 2:9, FOR IN CHRIST DWELLS ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD / DEITY BODILY - WITHIN HIS PERFECT HUMANITY. THIS STATEMENT CANNOT BE LIMITED TO JESUS CHRIST HAVING A FINITE IMAGE OF GOD WITHIN HIM, OR HIS BEING AN ANGELIC BEING OR HIS BEING A GOD AS SOME CONTEND. FOR TO HAVE ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD IS TO HAVE ALL OF HIS ESSENCE - TO BE GOD AND NOTHING LESS! IN COL 2:10, PAUL WRITES THAT BELIEVERS HAVE BEEN MADE COMPLETE IN CHRIST WHO IS THE HEAD OVER ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY - AND ONLY GOD CAN BE THAT!

a) [Compare 2 Pet 1:4]:  

b) [Compare Jn 1:16 ]:

5) [(Col 2:11) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:11]:

6) [(Col 2:12) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:12]:

7) [(Col 2:11-12) Commentary On Col 2:11-12]:

IN COL 2:11, PAUL CONTINUES REFUTING THE ERRORS THE FALSE TEACHERS THAT WERE CHALLENGING HIS TEACHING. GENTILE BELIEVERS - ALL BELIEVERS - DID NOT NEED TO CONFORM TO JEWISH RULES OF CIRCUMCISION UNDER THE MOSAIC LAW COVENANT OR ANY RULES IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE. FOR IT WAS BY THE PUTTING OFF OF THE BODY OF SINS OF THE FLESH BY THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST - A SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION - THAT THEY RECEIVED ETERNAL LIFE WHEN THEY BELIEVED IN HIM - IN HIS ATONEMENT FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND - AND THUS WERE CREDITED WITH HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHEREUPON IN COL 2:12, PAUL ADDS,
HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH CHRIST IN BAPTISM - HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM - WHICH IDENTIFIES IN REALITY THE BELIEVER BEING CREDITED WITH THE EFFECT OF CHRIST'S BURIAL AND RESURRECTION WITH HIM THROUGH FAITH IN THE WORKING OF GOD, WHO RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD SO THAT THE BELIEVER CAN INDEED LIVE A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST BY THE GRACE OF GOD. NOTE THAT THIS ACTUAL CREDITING IS SYMBOLIZED BY WATER BAPTISM

F) [(Col 2:13-14)]:

1) [(Col 2:13) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:13]:

2) [(Col 2:13-14) Commentary On Col 2:13-14]:

IN COL 2:13, PAUL MOVES BACK IN TIME TO JUST BEFORE THE COLOSSIANS BECAME BELIEVERS: WHEN THEY WERE DEAD IN THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS AND THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF THEIR FLESH - WHEN THEIR SIN NATURES HAD CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES. WHEREUPON HE DECLARED THAT AT THAT MOMENT CHRIST MADE THEM ALIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM AS A RESULT OF HAVING FORGIVEN THEM OF ALL OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS. AND COL 2:14 GOES ON TO EXPLAIN HOW JESUS CHRIST ACCOMPLISHED THIS: HE WIPED OUT THE HANDWRITING OF REQUIREMENS THAT WAS AGAINST US - ALL MANKIND BECAUSE MAN CANNOT BE RIGHTEOUS AND KEEP THEM, HENCE THE LAW WAS CONTRARY TO US - OUR INTRINSIC SIN NATURES - AND HE HAS TAKEN IT OUT OF THE WAY HAVING NAILED IT TO THE CROSS IN THE SENSE OF SATISIFYING THE PUNISHMENT DUE FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND, UNLIMITED ATONEMENT FOR ALL MANKIND SO THAT GOD IS THUS FREE TO ACCOUNT ALL WHO TRUST IN CHRIST FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

a) [Compare Eph 2:1-3]:

i) [Compare Eph 6:12]:

b) Expositor's On Col 2:13-14]:

c) [Bible Knowledge Commentary On Col 2:13-14]:

G) [(Col 2:15-17)]:

1) [(Col 2:15-17) Commentary on Col 2:15-17]:

WITH THE CONTEXT OF COL 2:11-14 IN MIND COL 2:15 GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS WHICH USURPED THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD WERE DISARMED AS A RESULT OF CHRIST'S SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF MANKIND'S SINS IN THE SENSE THAT GOD WOULD NO LONGER HOLD MEN WHO TRUSTED IN CHRIST ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR SINS, FREEING MAN FROM THE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THEIR SIN NATURES SO THAT THEY COULD CHOOSE TO LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY INSTEAD OF SINFULLY. HE MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF THEM, HAVING TRIUMPHED OVER THEM THROUGH THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS. PAUL THEN CONCLUDED IN COL 2:16-17 TO BELIEVERS, "SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN  FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A FESTIVAL OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS, WHICH ARE A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME - WHICH OBSERVANCE WAS NOT EFFECTUAL FOR SALVATION, BUT THE REAL SUBSTANCE OF THEM IS OF CHRIST RELATIVE TO THE RECEPTION OF ETERNAL LIFE AND ETERNAL REWARDS

2) [Col 2:15-17) Bible Knowledge Commentary]:

3) [(Col 2:15-17) Expositor's Commentary]:

H) [(Col 2:18-23)]:

1) [(Col 2:18) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:18]:

2) [(Col 2:19) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:19]:

3) [(Col 2:20) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:20]:

4) [(Col 2:23) Manuscript Evidence For Col 2:23]:

5) [(Col 2:18-23) Commentary On Col 2:18-23]:

WITH THE CONTEXT OF COL 2:11-14 IN MIND COL 2:15 GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS WHICH USURPED THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD WERE DISARMED AS A RESULT OF CHRIST'S  SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF MANKIND'S SINS IN THE SENSE THAT GOD WOULD NO LONGER HOLD MEN WHO TRUSTED IN CHRIST ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR SINS, FREEING MAN FROM THE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THEIR SIN NATURES SO THAT THEY COULD CHOOSE TO LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY INSTEAD OF SINFULLY. HE MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF THEM, HAVING TRIUMPHED OVER THEM THROUGH THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS. PAUL THEN CONCLUDED IN COL 2:16-17 TO BELIEVERS, "SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN  FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A FESTIVAL OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS, WHICH ARE A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME - WHICH OBSERVANCE WAS NOT EFFECTUAL FOR SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE. BUT THE REAL SUBSTANCE OF THEM IS OF CHRIST RELATIVE TO THE RECEPTION OF ETERNAL LIFE AND ETERNAL REWARDS.

WHEREUPON IN COL 2:18 PAUL CONCLUDED THAT THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO JUDGE BELIEVERS ON LEGALISTIC TEMPORAL MATTERS WOULD HAVE THEM CHEATED OF THEIR REWARD NOT IN THE SENSE OF LOSING OUT ON SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE WHICH IS AN ETERNALLY SECURE GIFT THROUGH A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE AND NOT A REWARD; BUT IN THE SENSE OF LOSING OUT ON ETERNAL AND TEMPORAL REWARDS FOR PERSEVERING IN THE FAITH IN SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH ALONE AND NOT BEING PERSUADED TO OBSERVE LEGALISMS AND PERFORM WORKS IN ORDER TO GAIN / MAINTAIN SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE

FOR IN COL 2:19 PAUL STIPULATED / COMMANDED BELIEVERS TO HOLD FAST TO THEIR HEAD WHO IS CHRIST, FROM WHOM ALL THE BODY OF BELIEVERS IS NOURISHED AND KNIT TOGETHER BY JOINTS AND LIGAMENTS IN THE SENSE THAT BELIEVERS ARE ALL CONNECTED TO THEIR LORD AS PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE CONNECTED TO THE HEAD THROUGH JOINTS AND LIGAMENTS. PAUL THEN WROTE THAT THE BELIEVERS WHO ARE PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST GROW WITH THE INCREASE THAT IS FROM GOD AND NOT VIA THE UNBIBLICAL NOTIONS OF MEN SUCH AS THE GNOSTICS.

THEN IN COL 2:20-23, PAUL CONTINUES TO EXPLAIN  THAT THE BELIEVER HAS DIED WITH CHRIST IN THE SENSE OF NO  LONGER NEEDING TO FOLLOW THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF THE TEMPORAL WORLD OF SINFUL MAN AS IF THESE TEMPORAL SINFUL THINGS ARE ALL THERE IS - IGNORING THE ETERNAL AND SPIRITUAL WORLD, AS IF LIVING IN THE WORLD IS ALL THERE IS - SUBMITTING ONESELF TO SUCH RULES AS DO NOT HANDLE, DO NOT TASTE, DO NOT TOUCH! THESE ALL CONCERN TEMPORAL AND SINFUL THINGS WHICH PERISH WITH THE USING AND ARE UNRIGHTEOUS BECAUSE THEY ARE ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENTS AND DOCTRINES OF MEN WHO IS TEMPORAL - NOT OF GOD, NOT OF CHRIST. PAUL CLOSES WITH A STATEMENT THAT THESE SINFUL THINGS HAVE AN APPEARANCE OF WISDOM CONNECTED TO A SELF-MADE / MAN-MADE RELIGION, FALSE HUMILITY, AND A NEGLECT OF THE BODY AND SELF-ABASEMENT / SELF-DEPRECATING WHICH ARE OF NO VALUE AGAINST THE INDULGENCE OF THE FLESH.

a) [Col 2:18-23) Expositor's Commentary On Col 2:18-23]:

b) [Col 2:18-23) BKC Commentary On Col 2:18-23]:

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