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Kolose 2:10

dan kamu telah dipenuhi di dalam Dia. Dialah kepala semua pemerintah dan penguasa.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Church;   Jesus Continued;   Perfection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Principalities;   The Topic Concordance - Circumcision;   Forgiveness;   Jesus Christ;   Resurrection;   Victory/overcoming;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Angels;   Christ, the Head of the Church;   Perfection;   Union with Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Demons;   Head;   Knowledge;   Magic;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Head, Headship;   Magic;   Paul the Apostle;   Power;   Powers;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Perfection;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Number;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body;   Colossians;   Head;   Lord;   Ordinances;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Authority;   Gnosticism;   Knowledge;   Pleroma;   Power;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels;   Ascension of Isaiah;   Attributes of Christ;   Authority;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Elements ;   Head;   Headship;   Pre-Existence of Christ;   Presence (2);   Principality Principalities ;   Rufus;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Supremacy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Complete;   Head;   Power;   Principality;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Church;   Tabernacle;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Head;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Assurance;   Authority in Religion;   Complete;   Fullness;   Head;   Philosophy;   Principality;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 20;   Every Day Light - Devotion for June 2;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
dan kamu telah dipenuhi di dalam Dia. Dialah kepala semua pemerintah dan penguasa.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dan kamu pun disempurnakan di dalam Dia itu, yang menjadi kepala segala perintah dan kuasa.

Contextual Overview

4 This I say, lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes. 5 For though I be absent in the fleshe, yet am I with you in the spirite, ioying and beholdyng your order, and your stedfast fayth in Christe. 6 As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde, [so] walke ye in hym: 7 Rooted and built in hym, & stablished in the fayth, as ye haue ben taught, aboundyng therin with thankes geuing. 8 Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie & vayne deceipt, after the tradition of men, and after the rudimentes of the worlde, and not after Christe. 9 For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly: 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power, 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisio made without handes, by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe, in the circumcision of Christe: 12 Buried with him in baptisme, in who ye are also risen agayne through ye fayth of the operation of God, who hath raysed hym from the dead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

complete: Colossians 3:11, John 1:16, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 1:31, Galatians 3:26-29, Hebrews 5:9

the head: Colossians 1:16-18, Ephesians 1:20-23, Ephesians 4:15, Ephesians 4:16, Philippians 2:9-11, 1 Peter 3:22, Revelation 5:9-13

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:20 - toward Leviticus 8:35 - the tabernacle Ezekiel 37:27 - tabernacle Daniel 10:13 - one Luke 10:42 - one John 17:23 - made John 17:26 - and I Romans 3:30 - General Romans 10:4 - Christ 1 Corinthians 11:3 - the head of every Galatians 3:27 - as many Ephesians 1:21 - above Ephesians 1:22 - gave Ephesians 1:23 - fulness Ephesians 2:14 - the middle Ephesians 3:19 - that ye Colossians 1:18 - he is Colossians 1:28 - perfect 2 Thessalonians 1:12 - and ye Hebrews 1:4 - so Hebrews 7:11 - perfection 1 Peter 2:7 - the head 1 John 2:5 - hereby

Cross-References

Psalms 46:4
[Yet] the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God: the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest.
Revelation 22:1
And he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of lyfe, cleare as Cristall, proceadyng out of the throne of god, and of the lambe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye are complete in him,.... Or "filled up", or "filled full" in him; that is, are perfect in him: saints are in Christ, and all fulness being in him, they are full too, of as much as they stand in need, and are capable of containing: for these words are not an exhortation to perfection, as the Arabic version reads then, be ye complete in him, like those in Genesis 17:1; but are an affirmation, asserting not what the saints shall be hereafter, or in heaven, but what they now are; not in themselves, for in themselves none are perfect, not even those who are truly sanctified; for though all grace is seminally implanted in them, and they have a perfection of parts, of all the parts of the new man, or new creature, and are perfect in comparison of what they sometimes were, and of profane persons and hypocrites, and with respect to weaker believers, yet none are absolutely perfect; the good work of grace is not yet finished in them, sin dwells in them, they are full of wants and complaints; the best of them disclaim perfection as attained to by them, and express their desires of it; but they are perfect in Christ their head, who has all fulness in him, in whom they are chosen and blessed: they are complete and perfect in him as to sanctification; he having all fulness of grace and holiness for them, they have it in him; and he is made perfect sanctification to them: and as to justification, he has perfectly fulfilled the law for them, he has made full atonement for sin, has obtained eternal redemption, brought in a complete and perfect righteousness, by which they are justified from all things; are freed from sin, and made perfectly comely, without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: and as to knowledge, though it is imperfect in them in their present state, yet in Christ all the treasures of it are, and they have no need to go elsewhere for any; they are filled with the knowledge of God and of his will, and are complete therein in Christ; and what knowledge they have, is eternal life, the beginning, pledge, and earnest of it; so that they have no reason to be beholden to angels or men, only to Christ:

which is the head of all principality and power; not only of the body the church, and who is to be held unto as such, from whom all light, life, grace, and strength, are to be derived; but of all others, though in a different sense; and not only of the kings, princes, and potentates of this world, who hold their kingdoms, and receive their crowns from him, and rule by him; but also of the angels, good and bad, often called principalities and powers; especially the former is here meant, of whom Christ is head, being their Creator, Governor, and upholder; who not only maintains them in their beings, but has confirmed them in their state of holiness; so that they are dependent upon him, and beholden to him for all they have and are: with the Jews, "Metatron", which with them is the name of the angel in Exodus 23:20 and seems to be a corruption of the word "mediator", and to design the Messiah, is said w to be King over all the angels. This is mentioned, partly to set forth the glory and excellency of Christ; and partly against worshipping of angels, making use of them as mediators, or applying to them on any account, since Christ is the head of these, and of every creature; therefore no creature is to be looked and applied unto, trusted and depended on: unless rather should be meant the Jewish rulers, Scribes, and Pharisees, their doctors, wise men, and Rabbins, called the princes of this world; the Jews' tutors and governors, to whom Christ is superior; he is the only master and Father, and in whom perfection of wisdom is, and not in them; and therefore should not regard them, their vain philosophy, worldly rudiments and traditions.

w Zohar in Deut. fol. 120. 8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And ye are complete in him - Having no need, for the purposes of salvation, of any aid to be derived from the philosophy of the Greeks, or the traditions of the Jews. All that is necessary to secure your salvation is to be found in the Lord Jesus. There is a completion, or a filling up, in him, so as to leave nothing wanting. This is true in respect:

(1)To the wisdom which is needful to guide us;

(2)The atonement to be made for sin;

(3)The merit by which a sinner can be justified; and,

(4)The grace which is needful to sustain us in the trials, and to aid us in the duties, of life; compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 1:30.

There is no necessity, therefore, that we should look to the aid of philosophy, as if there was a defect in the teachings of the Saviour; or to human strength, as if he were unable to save us; or to the merits of the saints, as if those of the Redeemer were not sufficient to meet all our wants. The sentiment advanced in this verse would overthrow the whole papal doctrine of the merits of the saints, and, of course, the whole doctrine of papal “indulgences.”

Which is the head - See the notes at Ephesians 1:21-22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. And ye are complete in him — και εστε εν αυτω πεπληρωμενοι. And, ye are filled with him. Our word complete quite destroys the connection subsisting in the apostle's ideas. The philosophy of the world was empty, κενη, but there was a πληρωμα, or fulness, in Christ; the Colossians were empty-spoiled and deprived of every good, while following the empty philosophy and groundless traditions of Jewish and Gentile teachers; but since they had received Christ Jesus they were πεπληρωμενοι, filled with him. This is the true meaning of the word, and by this the connection and assemblage of ideas in the apostle's mind are preserved. No fanciful completeness in Christ, of a believer, while incomplete in himself, is either expressed or intended by St. Paul. It is too bad a doctrine to exist in the oracles of God.

The head of all principality — See the notes on Colossians 1:16; Colossians 1:17.


 
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