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As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
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Keep Walking as You Began
Commentators unanimously stress that the Christian life ('walk in him') should mirror its beginning ('as you received him'). If you began by simple faith in Christ's sufficiency, you are to continue in that same simple faith. Scholars like Spurgeon warn against starting with grace and then shifting to reliance on feelings, ceremonies, or self-effort. The way you came to Christ is the way you are to live in Christ.
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Colossians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord. Have received him by faith as your Saviour, or as you were instructed respecting his …
As therefore ye received (ως ουν παρελαβετε). Second aorist active indicative of παραλαμβανω in same sense as in [Reference 1 Thes…
19th Century
Anglican
As ye have therefore received.—Compare the more emphatic language of Colossians 1:5-7; Colossians 1:23. As in …
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Baptist
As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in him:
That is, keep on as you began. Christ was enough for you …
“So then” links Paul’s appeal with what he has just said. The Colossians had received Christ as the Anointed of God (“Christ”), as the historic Sav…
16th Century
Protestant
As ye have received. To commendation he adds exhortation, in which he teaches them that their having once received Christ will be of no ad…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord Receiving Christ is believing in him: faith is the eye of the so…
The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. It prospers when we not only believe with the heart but are ready, w…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the apostle warned the Colossians against falling away from the faith because of deceptive language. Here, he gives the reason for this…