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12 references for Colossians

On Sin in Believers

John Wesley · Colossians 1:24
5. "But the 'church is the body of Christ;' (Col. 1:24;) this implies, that its members are washed from all filthiness; otherwise it will follow, that Christ and Belial are incorporated with each othe...

Christian Perfection

John Wesley · Colossians 1:27
25. Every one of these can say, with St. Paul, "I am crucified with Christ: Nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:" [Gal 2:20] -- Words that manifestly describe a deliverance from in...

Notes On Old Testament

John Wesley · Colossians 1:20
All the intercourse between heaven and earth since the fall is by this ladder. Christ is the way: all God's favours come to us, and all our services come to him, by Christ. If God dwell with us, and w...

The Means of Grace

John Wesley · Colossians 2:20
The other passage, wherein this expression occurs stands thus: "There came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee, from beyond the sea. And Jehoshaphat feared,...

Notes On Old Testament

John Wesley · Colossians 2:15
(2.) That there is likewise a continual struggle between the wicked and the good. And all the malice of persecutors against the people of God is the fruit of this enmity, which will continue while the...

The Witness of the Spirit, Discourse I

John Wesley · Colossians 3:12-14
12. "But how shall I know that my spiritual senses are rightly disposed" This also is a question of vast importance; for if a man mistake in this, he may run on in endless error and delusion. "And how...

On Sin in Believers

John Wesley · Colossians 3:9
5. "But the 'church is the body of Christ;' (Col. 1:24;) this implies, that its members are washed from all filthiness; otherwise it will follow, that Christ and Belial are incorporated with each othe...

Sermon 096

John Wesley · Colossians 3:20
On Obedience To Parents "Children, obey your parents in all things." Col. 3:20 1. It has been a subject of controversy for many years, whether there are any innate principles in the mind of man. But...

Sermon 096

John Wesley · Colossians 3:20
On Obedience To Parents "Children, obey your parents in all things." Col. 3:20 1. It has been a subject of controversy for many years, whether there are any innate principles in the mind of man. But...

Notes On Old Testament

John Wesley · Colossians 3:10
In his nature, not that of his body, for God has not a body, but that of his soul. The soul is a spirit, an intelligent, immortal spirit, an active spirit, herein resembling God, the Father of spirits...

Of the Church

John Wesley · Colossians 4:15
15. That part of this great body, of the universal Church, which inhabits any one kingdom or nation, we may properly term a National Church; as, the Church of France, the Church of England, the Church...

Notes On Old Testament

John Wesley · Colossians 4:6
With such sacrifices God is well - pleased. Sons - To be eaten by them, Lev 6:16. Most holy - Or such as were to be eaten only by the priests, and that only in the holy place near the altar. In the ov...