To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gill's Exposition
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ,.... This is the inscription of the epistle, in which the persons wrote unto are described as "saints", or holy men; not by birth, for all are unholy and…
Adam Clarke
To the saints - Those who professed Christianity. See the note on Eph 1:1.
Which are at Colosse - Instead of εν Κολοσσαις, at Colosse, or among the Colossians, ABC, and many other excellent MSS., with…
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…
Cambridge Bible
to the saints Holy ones; persons possessed of holiness, separated from sin to God. It is true that this is the language of "charitable presumption" (Pearson, Exposition of the Creed, Art. ix. p. 353);…
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