Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Colossians
Chapter 2  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:6 JFB -> Commentary on 2:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:6 PNT -> Commentary on 2:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:6 TSK -> Commentary on 2:6 TSK -> Entry for 2:6 WEN -> Notes on 2:6 NTB -> Commandments; Decision; Righteous; Walking PWP -> Devotional using 2:6 SPG -> Devotional using 2:6 SPG -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 TV -> Devotional using 2:6 2:6 - [In Context] You received Christ Jesus the Lord. So continue to live following him without changing anything.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:7 JFB -> Commentary on 2:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:7 PNT -> Commentary on 2:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:7 TSK -> Commentary on 2:7 TSK -> Entry for 2:7 WEN -> Notes on 2:7 NTB -> Decision; Faith; Perseverance; Righteous; Thankfulness TTT -> Steadfastness; Thanksgiving; Union With Christ PWP -> Devotional using 2:7 TV -> Devotional using 2:7 TV -> Devotional using 2:7 TV -> Devotional using 2:7 TV -> Devotional using 2:7 TV -> Devotional using 2:7 2:7 - [In Context] You must depend on Christ only. Life and strength come from him. You were taught the truth. You must continue to be sure of that true teaching. And always be thankful.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:8 JFB -> Commentary on 2:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:8 PNT -> Commentary on 2:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:8 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:8 TSK -> Commentary on 2:8 TSK -> Entry for 2:8 WEN -> Notes on 2:8 NTB -> Deceit; Doctrines; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Minister, Christian; Philosophy; Tradition; Wisdom TTT -> Deceit; Doctrines, False; Heedfulness EBD -> Elements; Essenes; Tradition SBD -> Philosophy PWP -> Devotional using 2:8 2:8 - [In Context] Be sure that no person leads you away with false ideas and words that mean nothing. Those ideas come from people, not Christ. Those ideas are the worthless ideas of people in the world.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:9 JFB -> Commentary on 2:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:9 PNT -> Commentary on 2:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:9 TSK -> Commentary on 2:9 TSK -> Entry for 2:9 WEN -> Notes on 2:9 NTB -> Perfection TTT -> Christ is God; Types of Christ EBD -> Fulness; Godhead PWP -> Devotional using 2:9 SPG -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 TV -> Devotional using 2:9 2:9 - [In Context] All of God lives in Christ fully (even in Christ's life on earth).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:10 JFB -> Commentary on 2:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:10 PNT -> Commentary on 2:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:10 TSK -> Commentary on 2:10 TSK -> Entry for 2:10 WEN -> Notes on 2:10 NTB -> Angel (a spirit); Church; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Perfection TTT -> Angels; Christ, the Head of the Church; Perfection; Union With Christ PWP -> Devotional using 2:10 TV -> Devotional using 2:10 TV -> Devotional using 2:10 TV -> Devotional using 2:10 2:10 - [In Context] And in Christ you are full. You need nothing else. Christ is ruler over all rulers and powers.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:11 JFB -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:11 PNT -> Commentary on 2:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:11 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:11 TSK -> Commentary on 2:11 TSK -> Entry for 2:11 WEN -> Notes on 2:11 NTB -> Circumcision; Perfection; Regeneration; Sanctification TTT -> Circumcision; New Birth, The EBD -> Circumcision PWP -> Devotional using 2:11 2:11 - [In Context] In Christ you had a different kind of circumcision. F9 That circumcision was not done by the hands of any person. I mean you were made free from the power of your sinful self. That is the kind of circumcision Christ does.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:12 JFB -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:12 PNT -> Commentary on 2:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:12 TSK -> Commentary on 2:12 TSK -> Entry for 2:12 WEN -> Notes on 2:12 NTB -> Baptism; Burial; Faith; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Power; Regeneration; Resurrection TTT -> Burial; New Birth, The; Power of God, The; Resurrection of Christ, The EBD -> Ephesians, Epistle to; Resurrection of Christ PWP -> Devotional using 2:12 2:12 - [In Context] When you were baptized, F10 {your old self died and} you were buried with Christ. And in that baptism F11 you were raised up with Christ because of your faith in God's power. God's power was shown when he raised Christ from death.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:13 JFB -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:13 PNT -> Commentary on 2:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:13 TSK -> Commentary on 2:13 TSK -> Entry for 2:13 WEN -> Notes on 2:13 NTB -> Death; Depravity Of Man; Justification; Regeneration; Sin TTT -> Death, Spiritual; Fall of Man, The; Life, Spiritual; Pardon EBD -> Death; Ephesians, Epistle to PWP -> Devotional using 2:13 2:13 - [In Context] You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God made you alive with Christ. And God forgave all our sins.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:14 JFB -> Commentary on 2:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:14 PNT -> Commentary on 2:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:14 TSK -> Commentary on 2:14 TSK -> Entry for 2:14 WEN -> Notes on 2:14 NTB -> Contracts; Jesus, The Christ; Justification; Law; Ordinance; Types TTT -> Reconciliation with God; Types of Christ EBD -> Blot; Handwriting; Nail PWP -> Devotional using 2:14 2:14 - [In Context] We owed a debt because we broke God's laws. That debt listed all the rules we failed to follow. But God forgave us of that debt. God took away that debt and nailed it to the cross.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:15 JFB -> Commentary on 2:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:15 PNT -> Commentary on 2:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:15 TSK -> Commentary on 2:15 TSK -> Entry for 2:15 WEN -> Notes on 2:15 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Law; Power; Satan; Types TTT -> Atonement, The; Devil, The; Power of Christ, The; Roman Empire, The; Salvation; Types of Christ PWP -> Devotional using 2:15 TV -> Devotional using 2:15 TV -> Devotional using 2:15 2:15 - [In Context] God defeated the spiritual rulers and powers. With the cross God won the victory and defeated those rulers and powers. God showed the world that they were powerless.
FOOTNOTES: F9: circumcision   Cutting off the foreskin. This was done to every Jewish baby boy. It was a mark of the agreement God made with Abraham. Read Gen. 17:9-14. F10: baptized, baptism   A Greek word meaning to be immersed, dipped, or buried briefly under water. F11: baptized, baptism   A Greek word meaning to be immersed, dipped, or buried briefly under water.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.