COLOSSIANS 95

Meet for, and the Reward of the INHERITANCE.

C 1:9-12.

A 1:9.  Prayer for all wisdom.

B 1:9.  Spiritual understanding.

C 1:10. Every good work.

D 1:12. Giving thanks unto the Father.

E 1:10. All pleasing.

F 1:12. Meet for Inheritance.

- Col. 2:4-23

C 3:16 to 4:1.

A 3:16. Word of Christ, all wisdom.

B 3:16. Spiritual songs.

C 3:17. Word or deed.

D 3:17. Giving thanks to the Father.

E 3:20. Well pleasing.

F 3:24. Reward of the

THE IMAGE. Christ is all.

C 1:13-23. G 1:15,16. Creator. The IMAGE.

H 1:20.

Reconciliation. Heaven and Earth.

I  1:17,18. Christ pre-eminent. All in Him.

J  1:20.

Peace and forgiveness of sins.

K 1:22.

Holy, blameless,

- Col. 2:4-23

Created after the IMAGE.

Reconciliation of Jew and Greek.

I  3:11.

Christ is all and in all.

J 3:13,15. Peace. Forgive quarrel.

K 3:9,12.  Put off, put on, holy and

For the corresponding structure of Colossians 1:23 to 2:1 with 4:2-13, see the article entitled MYSTERY3. For

structure of the prayer of Colossians 1:9-12 and its association with the prayers of Ephesians and Philippians, see the

article THE PRAYERS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.  For the structure of Colossians 1:13-23 see article entitled

RECONCILIATION4. For the word fulness, see article entitled PLEROMA3.

We must leave these several articles to supply the necessary information regarding the passages indicated, and

turn our attention to the outline of the great distinctive central portion. It will be seen that there are five correctives,

and we have had them set up in distinctive type so that they may be seen together.

The key-words of Colossians and others, such as `above', `the hope', `manifestation', etc., are dealt with in

articles bearing similar words in their titles. For a fuller exposition of the whole epistle, the reader is directed to the

series of articles on Colossians in The Berean Expositor, Vols. 20 to 25, and the section of The Testimony of the