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Kolose 4:17

Dan sampaikanlah kepada Arkhipus: Perhatikanlah, supaya pelayanan yang kauterima dalam Tuhan kaujalankan sepenuhnya.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Archippus;   Minister, Christian;   Watchfulness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Heed, Take;   Invitations-Warnings;   Take Heed;   Warnings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ministers;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Deacon;   Gifts of the spirit;   Minister;   Philemon;   Servant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Archippus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Laodicea;   Philemon;   Philemon, the Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Archippus;   Colossians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Archippus;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Paul the Apostle;   Philemon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aged;   Archippus ;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Family;   Minister Ministry;   Minister, Ministration;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Archippus ;   Philemon, Epistle to;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Archip'pus;   Phile'mon,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Archippus;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Heed;   In the Lord;   Ministry;   Philemon;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Archippus;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dan sampaikanlah kepada Arkhipus: Perhatikanlah, supaya pelayanan yang kauterima dalam Tuhan kaujalankan sepenuhnya.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Dan katakanlah kepada Arkhipus, "Ingat baik-baik akan jawatan yang engkau sudah terima dengan berkat Tuhan, supaya menyempurnakan dia."

Contextual Overview

7 All my state shall Tychicus declare vnto you, [who is] a beloued brother and faythfull minister, and felowe seruaunt in the Lorde: 8 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same thyng, that he myght knowe your state, and comfort your heartes, 9 With Onesimus a faythfull and beloued brother, which is of you. They shall shewe you of all thynges which [are] here. 10 Aristarchus my prison felowe saluteth you, & Marcus Barnabas sisters sonne, (touchyng whom ye receaued commaundementes:) If he come vnto you, receaue hym: 11 And Iesus, which is called Iustus, which are of the circumcision. These only are my workefelowes vnto the kyngdome of God, which hath ben vnto my consolation. 12 Epaphras which is of you, a seruaunt of Christe, saluteth you, alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God. 13 For I beare him recorde, that he hath a great zeale for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them [that are] in Hierapolis. 14 Deare Lucas the phisition greeteth you, and Demas. 15 Salute the brethren [which are] in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Churche which is in his house. 16 And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans: and that ye likewise reade the epistle from Laodicea.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Archippus: Philemon 1:2

Take: Leviticus 10:3, Numbers 18:5, 2 Chronicles 29:11, Ezekiel 44:23, Ezekiel 44:24, Acts 20:28, 1 Timothy 4:16, 1 Timothy 6:11-14, 1 Timothy 6:20, 2 Timothy 4:1-5

the ministry: Acts 1:17, Acts 14:23, 1 Corinthians 4:1, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Ephesians 4:11, 1 Timothy 4:6, 1 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 1:6, 2 Timothy 2:2

fulfil: 2 Timothy 4:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 36:2 - in whose Leviticus 21:24 - Aaron Numbers 3:25 - the charge Numbers 27:19 - give him Numbers 31:30 - keep the Matthew 25:17 - he also Acts 6:4 - give Acts 13:2 - they Acts 14:26 - the work Romans 12:7 - ministry 1 Corinthians 3:10 - But let every 1 Corinthians 9:16 - woe Ephesians 4:12 - the work 1 Timothy 6:14 - keep

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation.
Genesis 4:11
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.
Genesis 5:18
Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie & two yeres, and he begate Henoch.
Genesis 5:22
And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
Genesis 11:4
And they sayd: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie and a towre, whose toppe may reache vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest peraduenture we be scattered abrode into the vpper face of the whole earth.
2 Samuel 18:18
And this Absalom yet in his lyfe time toke and reared vp a piller, whiche is in the kinges dale: For he sayd, I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembraunce, and he called the piller after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day Absaloms place.
Psalms 49:11
And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer, and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another: [therfore] they call landes after their owne names.
Daniel 4:30
And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And say to Archippus,.... A name common among the Grecians. This person the apostle calls his fellow soldier, in Philemon 1:2 and who was now the minister of the Gospel at Colosse, his fellow minister, or co-pastor Epaphras, being at Rome, and a prisoner there; though by some he is said to be the first bishop of the Laodiceans, but it seems most likely that he now resided at Colosse, and was their minister: who being negligent in his office, they are called upon to say unto him,

take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord,

that thou fulfil it. The "ministry" he had, was not that of the office of a deacon, as some have thought, but of a preacher of the word; and this he had "received" gifts for, and was called unto it, and installed in it; and that "in", and "by the Lord" himself, and to whom he was accountable for it: and therefore it was incumbent on him to "fulfil it"; by constantly preaching the word, and faithfully administering the ordinances; by defending truth, detecting error, reproving vice, visiting the sick, and comforting the feeble minded; taking heed in all things to himself and doctrine, that he feed the whole flock of God with wholesome food; and, as a wise and faithful steward, give to everyone their portion of meat in due season: hence it appears, that when ministers are negligent in the discharge of their duty, the church has a power to admonish and exhort them to a diligent performance of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And say to Archippus - Archippus is mentioned also in Philemon 1:2. He is not elsewhere referred to in the New Testament, and nothing further is known of him.

Take heed to the ministry ... - The Greek here is, τὴν διακονίαν tēn diakonian - meaning the office of ministering in divine things; but it is not certain precisely what office he held there. It seems probable from the language which the apostle applies to him - “the ministry” - (compare Acts 1:17, Acts 1:25; Acts 6:4; Acts 20:24; Acts 21:19; Rom 11:13; 1 Corinthians 12:5; 2 Corinthians 3:7-9; 2Co 4:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 6:3; Ephesians 4:12), that he was not a deacon, properly so called, but that he was a preacher of the word. In Philemon 1:2, he is mentioned by Paul as his “fellow-soldier,” and it is evident that the apostle meant to speak of him with honor. There is no evidence, as has been supposed by some, that he intended to imply, by what he said, that he had been remiss in the performance of his duties, but the apostle doubtless meant to encourage him and to excite him to increased ardor and zeal in the work of the Lord; compare the notes at Acts 20:28. It is always proper to caution even the most faithful and self-denying servants of the Lord to “take heed,” or see to it, that they perform their duties with fidelity. The office of the ministry is such, and the temptations to unfaithfulness are so great, that we need constant watchfulness.

That thou fulfil it - That there be nothing wanting, or lacking, in any of the departments of labor which you are called to perform.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. Say to Archippus — Who this person was we cannot tell; there have been various conjectures concerning him; some think he was bishop, or overseer of the Church at Colosse, in the absence of Epaphras. Whatever he was, it has been supposed that he had been remiss in discharging the duties of his office; and hence this direction of the apostle, which appears here in the light of a reprehension. But if the same person be meant as in the Epistle to Philemon, Philemon 1:2, whom St. Paul calls his fellow labourer and fellow soldier, it cannot be supposed that any reproof is here intended; for, as the Epistle to the Colossians, and that to Philemon, were evidently written about the end of the year 62, Archippus could not be a fellow labourer and fellow soldier of the apostle at Rome, and yet a delinquent at Colosse at the same time. It is more likely, therefore, that the words of the apostle convey no censure, but are rather intended to stir him up to farther diligence, and to encourage him in the work, seeing he had so much false doctrine and so many false teachers to contend with.


 
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