Colossians: Bible Study and Commentary

Christ is present in his people’s lives

A Bible Study in EasyEnglish (2800 word vocabulary) on the Book of Colossians

Keith Simons

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• Go to chapter: 1 2 3 4

  Colossians chapter 1

• 1:1 - The author: Paul the apostle
• 1:2 - The Christians in Colosse
• 1:3-4 - Paul thanks God for the faith and love of Christians
• 1:5 - The hope that Christians have
• 1:6 - The gospel is spreading across the world
• 1:7-8 - Epaphras, who brought God's message to Colosse
• 1:9 - The full knowledge of God's will
• 1:10 - The life that truly pleases God
• 1:11 - Paul's prayer for Colosse's Christians
• 1:12 - Paul thanks God for his work in the lives of Christians
• 1:13 - Escape from the devil's cruelty to become a citizen of heaven
• 1:14 - The redemption that we can receive through Christ
• 1:15 - Christ is the ruler of all that God created
• 1:16 - Christ created all things
• 1:17 - All things depend on Christ
• 1:18 - Christ is the ruler of the new creation, his 'church'
• 1:19 - Christ is fully God
• 1:20 - Peace through Christ's death on the cross
• 1:21 - Enemies of God can become his friends
• 1:22 - Christ became a man so that we can become his holy people
• 1:23 - Every Christian must continue in the life of faith
• 1:24 - When Paul suffered, Christ was suffering in him
• 1:25 - Who, or what, should a minister serve?
• 1:26 - God's plan for people from every nation
• 1:27 - Christ in you, the hope of glory
• 1:28 - The most important work for a church leader
• 1:29 - Paul's work for God during his years as a prisoner

  Colossians chapter 2

• 2:1 - Paul's struggle in prayer
• 2:2-4 - All God's wisdom and knowledge are in Christ
• 2:5 - Our prayers for people across the world are powerful and effective
• 2:6 - What it means to receive Christ into our lives
• 2:7 - Christians must grow and develop their trust in Christ
• 2:8 - Our trust in Christ must be strong, to defend us from wrong ideas
• 2:9 - Christ: fully God, and fully man
• 2:10 - What should fill a Christian's life?
• 2:11 - The meaning of circumcision
• 2:12 - The meaning of baptism
• 2:13 - Alive with Christ
• 2:14 - How Christ's death can cancel the judgement against us
• 2:15 - By means of the cross, Christ overcame his enemies
• 2:16 - Rules of religion, and their proper purpose
• 2:17 - Do Christians have to obey God's law?
• 2:18 - Teachers who taught dangerous lessons about the spirit world
• 2:19 - Christians depend completely upon their connection to Christ
• 2:20 - Should Christians follow rules that control their behaviour?
• 2:21-22 - Rules about physical actions do not benefit our spirits
• 2:23 - The dangers of strict self-control in religion

  Colossians chapter 3

• 3:1 - Christians should think about God and about heaven
• 3:2 - Be constantly aware of God and of heaven
• 3:3 - A Christian's experience of life with Christ is real
• 3:4 - In the future age, God's people will share his glory
• 3:5 - Christians must end their selfish attitudes and evil acts
• 3:6 - God's anger – and the only way of escape
• 3:7 - Christ changes people's lives completely
• 3:8 - Cruel and nasty attitudes towards other people
• 3:9 - Christians should not speak lies
• 3:10 - Our new life with Christ
• 3:11 - God accepts all people who put their trust in Christ
• 3:12 - Unselfish attitudes that help other people
• 3:13 - To forbear and to forgive
• 3:14 - The love that Christians must show
• 3:15 - The peace of Christ
• 3:16 - The word of Christ
• 3:17 - Serve God with a grateful attitude
• 3:18 - Should a wife accept her husband's authority?
• 3:19 - Advice for Christian husbands
• 3:20 - Should children always obey their parents?
• 3:21 - Advice to parents: do not stir up strong emotions in a child
• 3:22 - How Christians should act in difficult work situations
• 3:23 - Christian attitudes to work
• 3:24 - God will reward all his loyal people
• 3:25 - Whether we are rich or poor, we must all obey God

  Colossians chapter 4

• 4:1 - Advice for Christian employers
• 4:2 - Prayer: the duty of every Christian
• 4:3 - Paul requests prayer for an opportunity to declare the gospel
• 4:4 - Prayer so that we can declare the gospel properly
• 4:5 - Be wise among people who are not Christians
• 4:6 - How a Christian should speak
• 4:7-9 - Exciting news for Colosse's Christians
• 4:10-11 - Greetings from the Jewish Christians with Paul in Rome
• 4:12-13 - More about Epaphras
• 4:14 - About Luke and Demas
• 4:15-16 - Paul's letter to the church at Laodicea
• 4:17 - Archippus
• 4:18 - Paul blesses Colosse's Christians