Colossians

A verse-by-verse study of the book of Colossians from chapter 1 through 4.

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Here is a collection of Colossians study notes.

Colossians 1:1-6

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: 1) Faith, Hope, and Love, 2) Truly Understand God’s Grace, 3) Knowledge of God’s Will, 4) What Is An Apostle? (10 minutes of video to inform class students of false doctrines)

Colossians 1:7-10

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: 1) Love in the Spirit, 2) Knowledge of God’s will, 3) Bearing fruit in all god deeds.

Colossians 1:11-22

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: Empowered for patience, steadfastness, and thankfulness. Delivered from darkness. Christ’s preeminence. Enemy of God. Reconciled with God.

Colossians 1:22-23

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: Progressive sanctification. Established and firm in the faith.

Colossians 1:24-26

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: Rejoice in suffering. To complete the Word of God. The hidden mystery now revealed.

Colossians 1:27-2:4

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: The hope of glory. Perfection in Christ. Assurance from knowing Christ. Reasonable sounding deception.

Colossians 2:5-10

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: The firmness of your faith in Christ. Just as you received Christ, live. Empty, deceiptful philosophy not according to Christ. The fullness of deity in bodily form: Christ. You have been filled in him.

Colossians 2:5-10 - part 2

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: We dug deeper into the concept introduced in last week’s study.

Colossians 2:11-15

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: Circumcision done by Christ. Buried and raised with Christ by faith. All your transgressions forgiven. Certificate of indebtedness destroyed. Triumphant through the cross.

Colossians 2:16-23

The key concepts gathered from the study of this passage: Shadow vs. reality. False humility and empty notions. Elemental spirits.

Because the rest of Colossians, chapters 3 and 4, contain only exhortations rather than foundational doctrines, I’ll leave it up to the class students and our readers to read them for their own edification.

As each Sunday School class recap becomes available, this series will grow weekly. If you find these studies useful in your Christian walk, you are welcome to join us on Zoom for our weekly Sunday School Bible Study.