The apostle's fourth and last warning is directed against ascetic rules of life.
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Colossians 2:20-23
The Pulpit Commentary on Colossians 2:20-23
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Colossians 2:1-23EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Glory of the Christian Economy. (a. d. 62.)THE GLORY OF THE CHRISTIAN ECONOMY. (A. D. 62.) The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to proper duty, which he infers from the foregoing discourse. I. Here is a caution to take heed of judaizing teachers,…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Colossians 2:16-23Legalism exposed. The apostle, having shown in the last section how much Christ is to the believer, proceeds in the verses now before us to expose the false use of ceremonies, or, in modem phraseology, ritualism. The fa…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Colossians 2:16-23Three errors. I. LEGALISM. "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's." There is…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Colossians 2:16-23SECTION VI. THE CLAIMS OF THE FALSE TEACHER.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Colossians 2:18-23It looked like humility to apply to angels, as if men were conscious of their unworthiness to speak directly to God. But it is not warrantable; it is taking that honour which is due to Christ only, and giving it to a cr…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Colossians 2:20-23The worthlessness of unauthorized ceremonialism. The apostle here reverts to the ethical errors of the false teachers. Combining his teaching here and elsewhere respecting what he calls "the rudiments of the world," we…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Colossians 2:20If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world (Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:10-13; Colossians 3:3; Romans 6:1-11; Romans 7:1-6; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17). "Therefore" is struck out by the Revisers on the best auth…Joseph S. Exell and contributors