Colossians 2:5

For though I be absent in the flesh,.... Or body, as the Ethiopic version reads it, and as it is expressed in Co1 5:3; here the apostle anticipates an objection which might be made, how he could have…

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit - That is, I seem to see you; I feel as if I were there, and were looking upon you; and I have the same solicitude as if I were…

For though I be absent in the flesh - It is hardly possible that such words as these in this verse could have been used to perfect strangers; they argue a considerable knowledge of the people, and a…

The apostle cautions the Colossians against deceivers (Col 2:4): And this I say lest any man beguile you with enticing words; and Col 2:8, Lest any man spoil you. He insists so much upon the…

For He means that he knows the need of such warning, though he is so far away. He is close to them "in spirit."

in the spirit Is this the human spirit or the Divine? 1Co 5:4 (with 3) appears to decide…