Yet now (νυν δε). Sharpened contrast with emphatic form of νυν, "now" being not at the present moment, but in the present order of…

In the body of his flesh through death. The death of his body, or his death in making an atonement, has been the means of producing this r…

In the body of his flesh.—There seems to be some emphasis on the word “flesh:” just as in the parallel of Ephesians 2:16, the expr…

The church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that…

God reconciled the Colossians “by Christ’s physical body through death.” The phrase “physical body” seems to emphasize (in contradiction to the vie…

In the body of his flesh. The expression is seemingly absurd, but the body of his flesh means that human body which the Son of Go…

In the body of his flesh through death
Or "through his death", as the Alexandrian copy and some others, and all the …

Christ in His human nature is the visible manifestation of the invisible God, and he who has seen Him has seen the Father. Let us adore these myste…

After the Apostle commended Christ in His relationship to God and to all creatures, he now commends Him in His relationship to the Church. He does …