Death and Resurrection—Chapter 2

Having presented the glories of Christ, Paul now touches on his concern for them—philosophy and vain deceit. How could they turn from the glories of Christ to the rudiments of the world (Col. 2:8)? “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him” (Col. 2:9-10). They were circumcised with the circumcision made without hands (Col. 2:11). Buried with Him in baptism, they were raised again “through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead” (Col. 2:12). We have the reality of things in Christ. The past ordinances were “a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ” (Col. 2:17). All things flow down from the head; Christ is our Head (Col. 2:19). And as to this scene in which we live, we are dead with Christ from the elements of the world (Col. 2:20). What claim can they have on us now?