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Overview
Colossians
A. Introduction
(Col 1:1-14)
I.)
Greeting (Col
1:1-2)
II.) Introduction: the apostolic greeting [OR] Greeting [OR] Thankfulness for Spiritual Attainments [OR] Salutation [OR] Paul thanks God for the faith of the Colossians (Col 1:1)
1. Paul's Prayer for the Colossians (Col 1:3-12)
A.) Their Faith In Christ [OR] Thanksgiving And Prayer [OR] Paul Thanks God For The Colossians (Col 1:3)
(I.) Confirms The Teachings Of Epaphras (Col 1:7)
I.) The apostle's sevenfold prayer [OR] Preeminence of Christ [OR] prays again for their growth in grace (Col 1:9)
2. What God Has Done Through Christ (Col 1:13-23)
A.) The Incomparable Christ (Col 1:13)
(I.) Describes The True Christ [OR] The Supremacy Of Christ (Col 1:14)
B. The Supremacy of Christ (Col 1:15-23)
I.) The exaltation of Christ (Col 1:15)
A.) The Seven Superiorities Of Christ (Col 1:15)
1.) Reconciled In Christ (Col 1:19)
B.) The Reconciling Work Of Christ (Col 1:20)
1.) Encourages Them To Receive Jesus Christ (Col 1:21)
C. Paul's Ministry
[OR]
Paul Describes His Work (Col 1:24-2:7)
A.) The Mystery Of The Indwelling Christ [OR] Sacrificial Service For Christ [OR] Paul's Labor For The Church [OR] Paul's Interest In The Colossians (Col 1:24)
1.) And Commends His Own Ministry (Col 1:25)
I.) The Godhead incarnate in Christ, in whom the believer is complete [OR] Not Philosophy but Christ [OR] You Are Built Up in Christ [OR] He exhorts them to stand firm in the Christian faith (Col 2:1)
A.) The Danger From Enticing Words (Col 2:4)
1.) Freedom From Human Regulations Through Life With Christ [OR] Fullness Of Life In Christ (Col 2:6)
D. Warning Against Error
[OR]
Beware of Requirements Invented by Humans(Col 2:8-23)
A.) The Twofold Warning Against (A) Philosophy, (B) Legality [OR] To Beware Of Philosophy And Human Traditions (Col 2:8)
B.) Nothing Can Be Added To Completeness (Col 2:9)
1.) Not Legalism But Christ (Col 2:11)
C.) Law Observances Were Abolished In Christ (Col 2:14)
D.) Warning Against False Mysticism [OR] The Worship Of Angels (Col 2:18)
E.) Warning Against Asceticism [OR] Warnings Against False Teachers [OR] And Legal Ceremonies, Which Christ Ended (Col 2:20)
E. Appeal for Christian Living (Col 3:1-4:6)
1. Live as God's People (Col 3:1-17)
I.) The believer's union with Christ, now and hereafter [OR] Not Carnality but Christ [OR] Rules for Holy Living [OR] Put On the New Self [OR] The New Life in Christ [OR] He shows why we should seek Christ (Col 3:1)
II.) Christian living, the fruit of union with Christ [OR] He exhorts them to subdue their own desires (Col 3:5)
A.) To Put Off The Old Man, And To Put On Christ (Col 3:9)
(I.) Character Of The New Man [OR] Encouraging Them To Humility, Love, And Other Duties (Col 3:12)
2. Advice for Wives and Husbands, Parents and Children, Slaves and Masters (Col 3:18-4:1)
(I.) The Christian Home [OR] Rules For Christian Households [OR] Family Relations (Col 3:18)
(II.) Fellow Workers [OR] He Exhorts Them To Be Fervent In Prayer (Col 4:1)
3. Advice for All Christians (Col 4:2-6)
(I.) Christian Graces [OR] Further Instructions (Col 4:2)
(II.) To Walk Wisely Toward Those Who Have Not Yet Come To The True Knowledge Of Christ [OR] Final Greetings [OR] Final Greetings And Benediction (Col 4:5)
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F. Conclusion
[OR]
Greetings From Paul and His Coworkers
(Col 4:7-18)
I.) Christian fellowship (Col 4:7)
A.) He Salutes Them, And Asks Their Prayers (Col 4:10)
B.) Closing Exhortations And Blessing (Col 4:16)
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