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Christ is the Indispensable Head
Commentators unanimously identify the core error Paul condemns as failing to hold fast to Christ as the Head. This isn't a minor mistake but a 'fatal error' that severs the connection to spiritual life. Scholars stress that any teaching that diminishes Christ's supreme authority, deity, and unique role as mediator effectively dethrones Him, regardless of how spiritual it may sound.
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Colossians
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Albert Barnes
On Colossians 2:19
18th Century
Theologian
And not holding the Head. Not holding the true doctrine concerning the Great Head of the church, the Lord Jesus Christ. See Barnes on Ephe…
AT Robertson
On Colossians 2:19
Not holding fast the Head (ου κρατων την κεφαλην). Note negative ου, not μη, actual case of deserting Christ as the Head. The Gnos…
Charles Ellicott
On Colossians 2:19
19th Century
Bishop
Not holding the Head.—In this lay the fatal error. All these speculations and superstitions interfered with the direct hold of the…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Colossians 2:18–20
19th Century
Preacher
Intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding the Head, from which all the body by j…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Colossians 2:19
The false teacher lacked vital contact with Jesus Christ. This is profoundly serious because it is from Christ as Head that “the whole body [the ch…
John Calvin
On Colossians 2:19
16th Century
Theologian
Not holding the Head. With this one expression, he condemns whatever does not relate to Christ. He also confirms his statement on the basi…
John Gill
On Colossians 2:19
17th Century
Pastor
And not holding the head
Christ, as some copies express it; for by making use of angels as mediators and intercessor…
Matthew Henry
On Colossians 2:18–23
17th Century
Minister
It looked like humility to appeal to angels, as if people were conscious of their unworthiness to speak directly to God. But it is not justifiable;…