Colossians 2:1

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you,.... This is occasioned by what he had said in Col 1:29, that he laboured and strove according to the energy of divine power in him, to…

For I would that ye knew - I wish you knew or fully understood. He supposes that this would deeply affect them if they understood the solicitude which he had had on their account. What great conflict…

What great conflict - The word αγων, which we here render conflict, is to be understood as implying earnest care and solicitude, accompanied, undoubtedly, with the most fervent application to the…

We may observe here the great concern which Paul had for these Colossians and the other churches which he had not any personal knowledge of. The apostle had never been at Colosse, and the church…

Col 2:1-7. His labour of prayer for the Colossians and other unvisited converts: There is need, for errors are in the air

1. For, &c.] He takes up the word "striving," just used, and justifies it by…