A. D. 64. COL. 111. 24, 25.—iv. 1—5. A. D. 64. a See on Matt. xvi. ver. 27. clause 3. | fashion us in the womb? Job. xxxi. See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clause 2. 13-15. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts, Mal. iii. 5. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth, Jam. V. 4. b See on Matt, xxiii. ver. 8. clause 2. VER. 2. Τῇ προσευχῇ προσκαρτερεῖτε, γρηγο ροῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν εὐχαριστία, a Continue in prayer, band watch in the same with thanksgiving ; a See on Luke xviii. ver. 1. Προσευχόμενοι ἅμα καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ὁ Θεὸς ἀνοίξῃ ἡμῖν θύραν τοῦ λόγου, λαλή σαι τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι ̓ ὃ καὶ δέδεμαι· b Withal a praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, c to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: d a See on Rom. xv. ver. 30. b For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, 1 Cor. xvi. 9. i. See on Rom. xvi. ver. 25. clause 4. See also Eph. iii. 1.; iv. 1.; Phil. 13, 14.; 2 Tim. i. 16.; ii. 9. a Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; bknowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 2 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning, Lev. xix. 13. And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant : But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God, xxv. 39–43. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee, Deut. xxiv. 14, 15. If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the σαι. VER. 4. Ἵνα φανερώσω αὐτὸ, ὡς δεῖ με λαλή ought to speak. a For which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak, Eph. vi. 20. See also on Acts iv. ver. 29. clause 2. VER. 5. Ἐν σοφίᾳ περιπατεῖτε πρὸς τοὺς ἔξω, womb make him? and did not one | τὸν καιρὸν ἐξαγοραζόμενοι. A. D. 64. COL. IV. 5-11. A. D. 64. a Walk in wisdom toward them that | loved brother, who is one of you. They are without, bredeeming the time. shall make known unto you all things which are done here. a Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves, Matt. x. 16. For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto | that which is good, and simple concerning evil, Rom. xvi. 19. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Eph. v. 15. ↳ Redeeming the time, because the days are evil, Eph. v. 16 VER. 6. Ο λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατί ἠρτυμένος εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκα στῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. See on Eph. iv. ver. 29. VER. 7. Τὰ κατ ̓ ἐμὲ πάντα γνωρίσει ὑμῖν Τυχικὸς ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ἀδελφὸς, καὶ πιστὸς διάκονος, καὶ σύνδουλος ἐν Κυρίω, All my state shall a Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord: a See on Acts xx. ver. 4. clause 3. VER. 8. “Ὃν ἔπεμψα πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ἵνα γνῶ τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ παρακαλέση τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν· a Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; a But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts, Eph. vi. 21, 22. VER. 9. Σὺν Ονησίμῳ τῷ πιστῷ καὶ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῶ, ὅς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν· πάντα ὑμῖν γνωριοῦσι τὰ ὧδε. a See the Epistle to Philemon. VER. 10. Ασπάζεται ὑμᾶς ̓Αρίσταρχος ὁ συναι χμάλωτός μου, καὶ Μάρκος ὁ ἀνεψιὸς Βαρνάβα, περὶ οὗ ἐλάβετε ἐντολάς· ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, δέξασθε αὐτόν· a Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner b saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabus, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, d receive him ; a See on Acts xix. ver. 29. clause 2. b See on 1 Cor. xvi. ver. 20. clause 1. And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together, praying, Acts xii. 12. And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister, xiii. 5. Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem, 13. And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus, xv. 37-39. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is profitable to me for the ministry, 2 Tim. iv. 11. The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son, 1 Pet. v. 13. d See on Rom. xiv. ver. 1. clause 2. VER. 11. Καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰοῦστος, οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς· οὗτοι μόνοι συνεργοὶ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, οἵτινες ἐγενήθησαν μοι παρηγορία. And Jesus, which is called Justus; who are of the circumcision. These a With Onesimus, a faithful and be- only are my fellowworkers unto the Epaphras, who is one of you, ba servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, dthat ye may stand perfect and t com- | plete in all the will of God. VER. 16. A. D. 64. Καὶ ὅταν ἀναγνωσθῇ παρ' ὑμῖν ἡ ἐπιστ τολὴ, ποιήσατε ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ Λαοδικέων ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ· καὶ τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικείας ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀναγνῶτε. a And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. * Or, striving. t Or, filled. a See on chap. i. ver. 7. clause 1. b See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clause 2. c See on Rom. i. ver. 9. clauses 4,5. d See on Matt. v. ver. 48. clause 1. and xxiii. ver. 26. VER. 15. Μαρτυρῶ γὰρ αὐτῷ ὅτι ἔχει ζῆλον που λὺν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, καὶ τῶν ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ, καὶ τῶν ἐν ̔Ιεραπόλει. For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in a Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. a See on chap. ii. ver. 1. clause 2. VER. 14. Ασπάζεται ὑμᾶς Λουκᾶς ὁ ἰατρὸς ὁ ἀγαπητὸς, καὶ Δημᾶς. a I charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren, 1 Thess. v. 27. VER. 17. Καὶ εἴπατε ̓Αρχίππω· Βλέπε τὴν διακονίαν ἣν παρέλαβες ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἵνα αὐτὴν πληροῖς. And say to Archippus, b Take heed c to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. a And to our beloved Apphia, and the church in thy house, Philem. 2. Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to b See on Acts xx. ver. 28. clause 1. See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 45. clause 1. VER. 18. Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου. Μνημονεύετέ μου τῶν δεσμῶν. Ἡ χάρις μεθ ̓ ὑμῶν. ̓Αμήν. a The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace a Luke, the beloved physician, and be with you. Amen. Demas, greet you. a Only Luke is with me, 2 Tim. iv. 11. There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus; Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow labourers, Philem. 23, 24. VER. 15. ̓Ασπάσασθε τοὺς ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ ἀδελφοὺς, καὶ Νυμφᾶν, καὶ τὴν κατ ̓ οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίαν. a Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, b and the church which is in his house.. a See on Rom. xvi. ver. 16. clause 1. b See on Matt. xviii.ver. 20. clause 1. a See on 1 Cor. xvi. ver. 21. b Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me c See on Rom. i. ver. 7. clause 4. END OF THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. CHAP. I. VER. 1. ΠΑΥΛΟΣ καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων, ἐν Θεῷ πατρὶ, καὶ Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. a Paul, and b Silvanus, and Timotheus, d unto the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: s Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set eyes on him, Acts xiii. 9. his b A. D. 54. you all, making mention of you in our See on Rom. i. ver. 8. clause 1. VER. 3. Αδιαλείπτως μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης, καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδες τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἔμπροστ θεν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς ἡμῶν· b a Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, cand patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our b See on 2 Cor. i. ver. 19. clause 2. Now, when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures; Opening and alledging that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few, Acts xvii. 1-4. f See on John xvii. ver. 23. See on Rom. i. ver. 7. clauses 4-7. VER. 2. Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ πάντοτε περί πάντων ὑμῶν, μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιούμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν· We give thanks to God always for Father: a But now, when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good that ye have good remembrance of us tidings of your faith and charity, and always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you, chap. iii. ver. 6. b See on Rom. i. ver. 5. clause 3. c See on Rom. v. ver. 5. clause 1. in Christ, we are of all men most mid If in this life only we have hope serable, 1 Cor. xv. 19. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope, 1 Tim. i. 1. e See on Matt. v. ver. 9. clause 3. VER. 4. Εἰδότες, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι, ὑπὸ Θεο τὴν ἐκλογὴν ὑμῶν· a Knowing, bbrethren beloved, © your election of God, *Or, beloved of God, your election. a The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant, Psal. xxvi. 14. and Prov. iii. 32. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, Rom. viii. 16. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father, Gal. iv. 6. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things, Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God, 1 John iii. 19-21. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son, v. 10. bSee on Matt. xxiii. ver. 8. clause 3. See on Rom. ix. ver. 23. clause 2. VER. 5. Ὅτι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν λόγῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ ἐν Πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, καὶ ἐν πληροφορία πολλῇ· καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι ἐγενήθημεν ἐν ὑμῖν δι ̓ ὑμᾶς. a For our Gospel came not unto you in word only, bbut also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as know what manner of men ye we were among you for your sake. a See on ver. 1. clause 5. b See on Mark xvi. ver. 20. A. D. 54. | certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go,Acts xvii. 5—9. So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure, 2 Thess. i. 4. d See on John xiv. ver. 16. clause 2. VER. 7. Ωστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπους πᾶσι τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ τῇ Αχαΐα. a So that ye were ensamples to all that believe bin Macedonia and Achaia. a But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech © See on Rom xv. ver. 19. clause 1. you, brethren, that ye increase more d See on Acts xx. ver. 19. and more, chap. iv. 9, 10. VER. 8. ̓Αφ ̓ ὑμῶν γὰς ἐξήχηται ὁ λόγος τοῦ Κυρίου, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ Αχαΐᾳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐξελήλυθεν· ὥστε μὴ χρείαν ἡμᾶς ἔχειν λαλεῖν τι. a For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. a Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you, 2 Thess. iii. 1. See on John x. ver. 4. e But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them b See on Rom. i. ver. 8. clause 3. |