He told us. He was with Paul at Rome as this was being written. who also told us of your love in the Spirit. 2. Or made manifest. Colossians 1:8. by Grant Richison | Apr 29, 1996 | Colossians | 0 comments. (8) Who also declared unto us.—This refers to news recently brought by Epaphras to St. Paul at Rome. Unfortunately, the religious world and even the church contains people who have ceased to have any "use" for prayer. Besides being taught by the Spirit, it is also a "spiritual love", for it isn"t based upon worldly considerations, i.e. Interlinear Bible for Colossians 1:8: Who xurao (#3588) also kai (#2532) declared deloo (#1213) unto us hemin (#2254) your humon (#5216) love agape (#26) in en (#1722) the Spirit. Colossians 1:24-29 Suffering For The Sake of The Gospel. 8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. The heavenly flame in the heart of this minister communicated itself to those who heard him; it was like priest like people. Today this area is part of the country that is called Turkey. 2. These recorded prayers also serve as good measuring-sticks for Christians today. But the life of the heart is not to hate and to love, because hatred is not the true object of the heart. Colossians … For natural love, or predilection, arises from those inclinations which they call natural affections. Good bibliographies. (e) Your spiritual love, or your love which comes from the Spirit. Romans 15:30, ‘love of the Spirit,’ i.e., wrought by the Spirit. Colossians 2:5, preceding the most earnest warning. Colossians 1:1-8. “He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.”. 8. Who also declared unto us] His heart was over joyed with his people’s forwardness, and he could not but impart it to the apostle. John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, John Eadie's Commentary on Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians and Philippians, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Stanley Derickson - Notes on Selected Books. Hence, can be considered a unit of thought all by itself..In the original this part of the sentence--six verses in all--has 106 words." For our spirit is the better part of us which the Spirit of God has come to set at liberty, that part of our being which holds communion with God. Colossians 1:8 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Colossians 1:8, NIV: "and who also told us of your love in the Spirit." Your love in the Spirit.—“In the Spirit” is “in the grace of the Holy Ghost”—the Spirit of love. Colossians 1:8, KJV: "Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit." Read Introduction to Colossians “who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.” “who also declared to us your love” Epaphras told Paul and his companions that the Colossians loved them. The gospel uniformly gives supremacy to this life of the heart or love. ῾ο καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι—“Who has besides made known to us your love in the Spirit.” It narrows the meaning too much to restrict this love to the apostle himself and Timothy—“your love to us.” Yet this is the view of the great majority of expositors, from Chrysostom in early times, and Erasmus and Grotius in later days, down to Bähr, Böhmer, Steiger, Huther, and Baumgarten-Crusius. Therefore the word spirit is taken in the same sense as in 1 Corinthians 5:3. First, it seems to mark the fact that the Colossians love Paul and Timothy despite never having met them. Yet even they needed to be stirred up to greater love (Col 3:12-14). So it does, for we cannot love a thing without hating its opposite. Not as if Epaphras had spoken only of their love, and had made no mention of their other spiritual attainments. Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. It is very hard to listen to the gospel message without being impressed with the fact that God is easy to love. III. Worldly love arises either from views of interest or from conformity of manners; carnal, from the appetite for pleasure. Paul's Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church: NETBible. ., and perhaps by in Colossians 1:9. is added to show that this love is in the Holy Spirit. Articular first aorist active participle of δηλοω — dēloō old verb, to make manifest. John Eadie's Commentary on Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians and Philippians (Colossians 1:8.) ... Colossians 1:8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Your love in the Spirit. Now, however, in Colossians 1:9, he reverts to the contents of his supplications, and he says that he asked from God, for the Colossians, blessings fitted for mind, heart, and conduct,-a higher degree of knowledge, holiness, usefulness, persistence, and strength-all of them at once gifts of present possession, and elements of preparation too for future blessedness-all of them provided by the Father, and enjoyed by those who have been translated into the kingdom of His Son. I. Yes, we do; and it is just as deceptive and dangerous! Whenever we travel, problems inevitably arise. The more it is seen in its vivid sympathies with all that is fair and God-like, the more its genial harmonies pervade the churches, the more its chivalrous impulses are felt, the more token is there that the Spirit of God has been in powerful and characteristic operation, and therefore as the true summation or totality of its various spiritual gifts, a Christian community may be congratulated on its love. 1. Paul wroteto the Christians who lived in the city called Colossae. The difficult ones are the ones that happen back home. But the language of the apostle does not warrant such a sense except by inference. Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Colossians 1 ← Back to Matthew Henry's Bio & Resources. This love, then, is--. "YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT"-"who tells us of the love with which the Spirit has inspired you" (TCNT). We see that "love" is a fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22. When we strive for “spiritual perfection” or “spiritual fullness ” by means of formulas, disciplines, or rituals, we go backward instead of forward. VI. The hatred which springs not from love is not the life but the death of the heart; as error is not the life of reason. Genesis 1:1-8 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith) Revelation 2 (All) (Dr. J. Vernon McGee) Revelation 1 [1990s] (Chuck Missler) Genesis 4-5 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith) Study Resources:: Text Commentaries:: Chuck Smith:: Colossians ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources. As Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) put it, “Christ didn’t come to Earth to give us the willies… He came to help us out. Thus, Romans 14:17, χαρὰ ἐν πνεύματι. ], who quotes "the first-born of every creature," in reference to Christ, from Colossians 1:15. Hatred forms the ashes of the fire which love kindles, but it is not on those ashes that the heart lives. (Colossians 1:8.) Not only their love to God, and Christ, and to all the saints, which is before mentioned, but their love to the apostle; though they had only heard of him, and of his great capacity for, and faithfulness and usefulness in preaching of the Gospel, which had greatly endeared him to them. But the heart has another death which is egotism; which, however, involves hatred, for a man cannot love himself exclusively without hating others. When Epaphras declared their “love in the Spirit,” he spoke of the result, and from such a result it was at once inferred what a Divine change had been wrought, and how the elements of that change had been surely and successively developed and matured. Some claim that "prayer" is simply a positive mental exercise to psych yourself up to do something. the product of the new nature. ῾ο καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι —“Who has besides made known to us your love in the Spirit.”It narrows the meaning too much to restrict this love to … He was a booster. Your love. It was not mere natural affection, but love worked in their hearts by the agency of the Holy Spirit. Matter is of value as it does service to the intellect, and the intellect is degraded when it does not terminate in love. Yet even they needed to be stirred up to greater love (Colossians 3:12-14). Situations regarding our own travel we tend to be able to handle. It was in the valley of the riverLycus. (e) Your spiritual love, or your love which comes from the Spirit. and is the expression equivalent to spiritual love? Faith, hope, and love, are the three principal graces in the Christian life, and proper matter for prayer and thanksgiving. Beginning at verse 15, however, and continuing through verse 20, Christ"s Pre-eminence is set forth. Most of the brethren in Colossae had never seen either Paul nor Timothy, but they loved them. (2) He declares his good will towards them, telling them that they must not still remain at one place, but go on further both in the knowledge of the Gospel, and also in the true use of it. The love of which the apostle speaks is love in the spirit. —Brotherly love, the impartation of the Holy Spirit. Home >> Bible Studies >> Colossians Series >> Colossians 1:1-8. "This is the only explicit reference to the Holy Spirit in the letter to the Colossians. Colossians 1 Devotional Commentary Choose Chapter. The Spirit had produced such love in them, for they had been responsive to the Spirit"s instruction concerning the why"s and how"s of true love (1 Corinthians 13:4-8; 1 John 4:11; John 13:34-35; Galatians 5:16-26; Galatians 6:1-8). Rather Paul means love in the Spirit of God, love which He teaches and inspires. Now, spiritual love is of such a nature as has no view to the world, but is consecrated to the service of piety, (286) and has, as it were, an internal root, while carnal friendships depend on external causes. Your love in the Spirit.—“In the Spirit” is “in the grace of the Holy Ghost”—the Spirit of love. It is that empty heart which has been violently dissevered from its affections without being united to God, a heart which has need of love, and which finds no object to supply this want. Epaphras had been careful to emphasize this side of their character. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971. But it also appears that such love was directed towards Paul and Timothy. Adam Clarke Commentary. Some will say that it hates also. Nor may the phrase be applied solely to brother-love, but, with Meyer, Theodoret, Heinrichs, and De Wette, we take it in a general sense as denoting the Christian grace of love. Then naturally he tells the reason, but the telling of the reason in full prevents him from recording at once what formed the theme of his prayer. Hence observe, that the duty of every good man is, to embrace with spiritual love all good men, although known only by report. Epaphras told Paul about their “love in the Spirit,” grounded in the Holy Spirit. What is this spirit? The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. Your love in the Spirit - So we preached, and so ye believed. Colossians 1:1-8 King James Version (KJV). spirit in opposition to matter? When we pray for Christians in other regions, we should make sure that we are touching upon the same needs and concerns that Paul mentioned. Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit - The love wrought in you by the Holy Spirit. 8. Love in the Spirit I take to mean, spiritual love, according to the view of Chrysostom, with whom, however, I do not agree in the interpretation of the preceding words. Colossians 1:8. Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.] Who also declared (ο και δηλωσας — ho kai dēlōsas). Colossians 1:18, ESV: "And he is the head of the body, the church.He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent." Genesis 1:1-8 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith) Revelation 2 (All) (Dr. J. Vernon McGee) Revelation 1 [1990s] (Chuck Missler) Genesis 4-5 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith) Study Resources:: Text Commentaries:: Matthew Henry:: Colossians ← Back to Matthew Henry's Bio & Resources . Having with kindness and delight reported to Paul and Timothy, &c., what a spiritually fervent affection, not moved by carnal considerations, but inwrought by the Spirit, Galatians 5:6,22, arising from a renewed heart, 1 Timothy 1:5 2 Timothy 1:7, they had for Christ, for the gospel, the apostle, and all that did love the Lord Jesus in sincerity, Galatians 6:10 1 Peter 1:22,23. To under-estimate the power of prayer is to under-estimate the power of God. 3. Colossians 1:8 Context. Connect with your love. The book of Esther should teach Christians that God can work great things in seemingly impossible circumstances, with very little resources, against great opposition, and with nothing more than "time and chance". But Christian love arises from the Holy Spirit, and is altogether full of holiness and purity. Because, therefore, they had loved him whom they never saw in the flesh, they are said to love in the spirit. Then that which constitutes, the value of each of these lives is its relation to a superior life. the words of praise in chap. The life of the plant is inferior to that of the animal, that of the animal inferior to that of man, that of the body beneath that of the intellect, that of the intellect beneath moral life. Do we have any of this heresy today? The phrase is not to be limited to love to the Apostle, nor weakened into ‘spiritual, sincere love.’ Notice: the Apostle commends where he can, even when he must also rebuke. Man has several lives, that of the animal, since he has a body; that of the intellect, since he thinks; that of the heart, since he loves. 8.Love in the Spirit—Brotherly love, the impartation of the Holy Spirit. But this was a commendable practice of Epaphras to relate to St Paul the good he found in his people, that he by an Epistle might further encourage and quicken them. The prayers of righteous men and women will always be effective, for the God they pray to, is the same God who holds the universe together (Colossians 1:17). Comp. Compare Galatians 5:22. Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. your love — (Colossians 1:4); “to all the saints.”. There are various kinds of life--of the plant, animal, man. Of course this involved a love for God. COLOSSIANS Commentary by A. R. F AUSSETT. Fellowship and affection Spirit - the love of God the Christians who lived in the Spirit. ; it! 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