Colossians 1:8

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Who	ὁ ho	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative singular masculine
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
declared	δηλώσας dēlōsas	G1213	to make plain (by words) · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
us	ἡμῖν hēmîn	G2254	to (or for
your	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
love	ἀγάπην agapēn	G26	love · noun — accusative singular feminine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
Spirit	πνεύματι.¶ pneumati	G4151	a current of air · noun — dative singular neuter

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Romans 15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your praye…
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Romans 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Colossians 1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:3-8

Here he proceeds to the body of the epistle, and begins with thanksgiving to God for what he had heard concerning them, though he had no personal acquaintance with them, and knew their state and character only by the reports of others. I. He gave thanks to God for them, that they had embraced the gospel of Christ, and given proofs of their fidelity to him. Observe, In his prayers for them he gave thanks for them. Thanksgiving ought to be a part of every prayer; and whatever is the matter of our rejoicing ought to be the matter of our thanksgiving. Observe, 1. Whom he gives thanks to: To God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In our thanksgiving we must have an eye to God as God (he i…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 1:8

your love-- (Col 1:4); "to all the saints." in the Spirit--the sphere or element IN which alone true love is found; as distinguished from the state of those "in the flesh" (Rom 8:9). Yet even they needed to be stirred up to greater love (Col 3:12-14). Love is the first and chief fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22).

Adam Clarke on Colossians 1:8

Your love in the Spirit - So we preached, and so ye believed. The heavenly flame in the heart of this minister communicated itself to those who heard him; it was like priest like people. They enjoyed a spiritual, energetic ministry, and they were a spiritual people; they had a loving spirit, and love through the Spirit of God which dwelt in them. And of this love of theirs in the Spirit, and particularly towards the apostle, Epaphras gave full proof, not only by describing to the apostle the affection they felt for him, but in presenting to him those supplies which their love to him caused them to furnish.

John Gill on Colossians 1:8

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Not only their love to God, and Christ, and to all the saints, which is before mentioned, but their love to the apostle; though they had only heard of him, and of his great capacity for, and faithfulness and usefulness in preaching of the Gospel, which had greatly endeared him to them. This, he says, was in the Spirit; it was spiritual love, to distinguish it from a carnal and worldly one; they loved him for the spiritual grace that was in him, the spiritual gifts bestowed on him, the spiritual service he was engaged in, and the spiritual usefulness he was of: or they loved him in, and with their spirits, with all their hearts, sincerely, an…

Dictionary and topics

Colossians, Epistle to the — Was written by Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment there (Acts 28:16, 30), probably in the spring of A.D. 57, or, as some think, 62, and soon after he had written his Epistle to the Ephesians.…
Epaphras — Lovely, spoken of by Paul (Col. 1:7; 4:12) as “his dear fellow-servant,” and “a faithful minister of Christ.” He was thus evidently with him at Rome when he wrote to the Colossians. He was a…
Colosse (Colossae) · A city of Phrygia — A city of Phrygia
Holy Spirit · 1:9,32,33;3:5,6,34;4:14;6:45,63;7:38,39;14:16,17,26;15:26;16:7-14;20:22; — 1:9,32,33;3:5,6,34;4:14;6:45,63;7:38,39;14:16,17,26;15:26;16:7-14;20:22;
Love · 1:9,20,21,23;3:7,8; — 1:9,20,21,23;3:7,8;
Love To Man · A fruit of the Spirit — A fruit of the Spirit

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Colossians 1:8

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Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:3-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 1:8

Adam Clarke on Colossians 1:8

John Gill on Colossians 1:8

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Colossians 1:8

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:3-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 1:8

Adam Clarke on Colossians 1:8

John Gill on Colossians 1:8

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Colossians 1:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Colossians 1:7