Colossians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ,.... The apostle puts his name to this epistle, by which he was known in the Gentile world, as he usually does in all his epistles; and styles himself "an apostle", as…

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ - See the notes. at Rom 1:1 By the will of God - Notes, 1Co 1:1. And Timotheus our brother - On the question as to why Paul associated others with him in his epistles,…

Paul, an apostle - by the will of God - As the word αποστολος, apostle, signifies one sent, an envoy or messenger, any person or persons may be the senders: but the word is particularly restrained to…

I. The inscription of this epistle is much the same with the rest; only it is observable that, 1. He calls himself an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. An apostle is a prime-minister in the…

Col 1:1-2. Greeting

1. Paul Paulos. See Act 13:9. The Apostle probably bore, from infancy, both the two names, Saul(Saoul, Saulos) and Paul. See on Eph 1:1, and Romans, p. 8, in this Series.

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