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Colossians 1 — Sermon Preparation
Paul gives thanks for the Colossians' faith, celebrates Christ as the image of God and firstborn over all creation, and introduces his own ministry of the mystery. Below is a research summary for Colossians 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Colossians 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἅγιος | hágios | G40 | 5 | holy, saint |
| διάκονος | diákonos | G1249 | 3 | deacon, minister, servant |
| οὐρανός | ouranós | G3772 | 4 | air, heaven, sky |
| ἐλπίς | elpís | G1680 | 3 | faith, hope |
| ἀγάπη | agápē | G26 | 3 | charity, dear, love |
| ἀόρατος | aóratos | G517 | 2 | invisible |
| σῶμα | sōma | G4983 | 3 | bodily, body, slave |
How preachers through history handled this text
44 public-domain excerpts on Colossians 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Christ in his human nature, is the visible discovery of the invisible God, and he that hath seen Him hath seen the Father. Let us adore these mysteries in humble faith, and behold the glory of the Lord in Christ Jesus. He was born or begotten before all the creation, before any creature was made; which is the Scripture way of representing eternity, and by which the eternity of God is represented to us. All things being created by Him, were created for him; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Colossians 1:15–23 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Colossae— Col 1:2
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