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Selected Verse: Colossians 4:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Col 4:17 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] say [2036] to Archippus [751], Take heed [991] to the ministry [1248] which [3739] thou hast received [3880] in [1722] the Lord [2962], that [2443] thou fulfil [4137] it [846]. |
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King James |
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
say to Archippus--The Colossians (not merely the clergy, but the laymen) are directed, "Speak ye to Archippus." This proves that Scripture belongs to the laity as well as the clergy; and that laymen may profitably admonish the clergy in particular cases when they do so in meekness. BENGEL suggests that Archippus was perhaps prevented from going to the Church assembly by weak health or age. The word, "fulfil," accords with his ministry being near its close (Col 1:25; compare Plm 1:2). However, "fulfil" may mean, as in Ti2 4:5, "make full proof of thy ministry." "Give all diligence to follow it out fully"; a monition perhaps needed by Archippus.
in the Lord--The element in which every work of the Christian, and especially the Christian minister, is to be done (Col 4:7; Co1 7:39; Phi 4:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And say to Archippus - Archippus is mentioned also in Plm 1:2. He is not elsewhere referred to in the New Testament, and nothing further is known of him.
Take heed to the ministry ... - The Greek here is, τὴν διακονίαν tēn diakonian - meaning the office of ministering in divine things; but it is not certain precisely what office he held there. It seems probable from the language which the apostle applies to him - "the ministry" - (compare Act 1:17, Act 1:25; Act 6:4; Act 20:24; Act 21:19; Rom 11:13; Co1 12:5; Co2 3:7-9; Co2 4:1; Co2 5:18; Co2 6:3; Eph 4:12), that he was not a deacon, properly so called, but that he was a preacher of the word. In Plm 1:2, he is mentioned by Paul as his "fellow-soldier," and it is evident that the apostle meant to speak of him with honor. There is no evidence, as has been supposed by some, that he intended to imply, by what he said, that he had been remiss in the performance of his duties, but the apostle doubtless meant to encourage him and to excite him to increased ardor and zeal in the work of the Lord; compare the notes at Act 20:28. It is always proper to caution even the most faithful and self-denying servants of the Lord to "take heed," or see to it, that they perform their duties with fidelity. The office of the ministry is such, and the temptations to unfaithfulness are so great, that we need constant watchfulness.
That thou fulfil it - That there be nothing wanting, or lacking, in any of the departments of labor which you are called to perform. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
And say to Archippus - One of the pastors of that church. Take heed - It is the duty of the flock to try them that say they are apostles to reject the false, and to warn, as well as to receive, the real. The ministry - Not a lordship, but a service; a laborious and painful work; an obligation to do and suffer all things; to be the least, and the servant, of all. In the Lord - Christ by whom, and for whose sake, we receive the various gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Say to Archippus - Who this person was we cannot tell; there have been various conjectures concerning him; some think he was bishop, or overseer of the Church at Colosse, in the absence of Epaphras. Whatever he was, it has been supposed that he had been remiss in discharging the duties of his office; and hence this direction of the apostle, which appears here in the light of a reprehension. But if the same person be meant as in the Epistle to Philemon, Plm 1:2, whom St. Paul calls his fellow laborer and fellow soldier, it cannot be supposed that any reproof is here intended; for, as the Epistle to the Colossians, and that to Philemon, were evidently written about the end of the year 62, Archippus could not be a fellow laborer and fellow soldier of the apostle at Rome, and yet a delinquent at Colosse at the same time. It is more likely, therefore, that the words of the apostle convey no censure, but are rather intended to stir him up to farther diligence, and to encourage him in the work, seeing he had so much false doctrine and so many false teachers to contend with. |
2 I beseech [3870] Euodias [2136], and [2532] beseech [3870] Syntyche [4941], that they be of [5426] the same [846] mind [5426] in [1722] the Lord [2962].
39 The wife [1135] is bound [1210] by the law [3551] [1909] as long [5550] as [3745] her [846] husband [435] liveth [2198]; but [1161] if [1437] her [846] husband [435] be dead [2837], she is [2076] at liberty [1658] to be married [1060] to whom [3739] she will [2309]; only [3440] in [1722] the Lord [2962].
7 All [3956] my [1691] state [2596] shall [1107] Tychicus [5190] declare [1107] unto you [5213], who is a beloved [27] brother [80], and [2532] a faithful [4103] minister [1249] and [2532] fellowservant [4889] in [1722] the Lord [2962]:
5 But [1161] watch [3525] thou [4771] in [1722] all things [3956], endure afflictions [2553], do [4160] the work [2041] of an evangelist [2099], make full proof [4135] of thy [4675] ministry [1248].
2 And [2532] to our beloved [27] Apphia [682], and [2532] Archippus [751] our [2257] fellowsoldier [4961], and [2532] to the church [1577] in [2596] thy [4675] house [3624]:
25 Whereof [3739] I [1473] am made [1096] a minister [1249], according to [2596] the dispensation [3622] of God [2316] which [3588] is given [1325] to me [3427] for [1519] you [5209], to fulfil [4137] the word [3056] of God [2316];
28 Take heed [4337] therefore [3767] unto yourselves [1438], and [2532] to all [3956] the flock [4168], over [1722] the which [3739] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] hath made [5087] you [5209] overseers [1985], to feed [4165] the church [1577] of God [2316], which [3739] he hath purchased [4046] with [1223] his own [2398] blood [129].
2 And [2532] to our beloved [27] Apphia [682], and [2532] Archippus [751] our [2257] fellowsoldier [4961], and [2532] to the church [1577] in [2596] thy [4675] house [3624]:
12 For [4314] the perfecting [2677] of the saints [40], for [1519] the work [2041] of the ministry [1248], for [1519] the edifying [3619] of the body [4983] of Christ [5547]:
3 Giving [1325] no [3367] offence [4349] in [1722] any thing [3367], that [3363] the ministry [1248] be [3469] not [3363] blamed [3469]:
18 And [1161] all things [3956] are of [1537] God [2316], who [3588] hath reconciled [2644] us [2248] to himself [1438] by [1223] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], and [2532] hath given [1325] to us [2254] the ministry [1248] of reconciliation [2643];
1 Therefore seeing [1223] [5124] we have [2192] this [5026] ministry [1248], as [2531] we have received mercy [1653], we faint [1573] not [3756];
7 But [1161] if [1487] the ministration [1248] of death [2288], written [1722] [1121] and engraven [1795] in [1722] stones [3037], was [1096] glorious [1722] [1391], so [5620] that the children [5207] of Israel [2474] could [1410] not [3361] stedfastly behold [816] the face [1519] [4383] of Moses [3475] for [1223] the glory [1391] of his [846] countenance [4383]; which [3588] glory was to be done away [2673]:
8 How [4459] shall [1248] not [3780] the ministration [1248] of the spirit [4151] be [2071] rather [3123] [1722] glorious [1391]?
9 For [1063] if [1487] the ministration [1248] of condemnation [2633] be glory [1391], much [4183] more [3123] doth the ministration [1248] of righteousness [1343] exceed [4052] in [1722] glory [1391].
5 And [2532] there are [1526] differences [1243] of administrations [1248], but [2532] the same [846] Lord [2962].
13 For [1063] I speak [3004] to you [5213] Gentiles [1484], inasmuch as [1909] [3745] [3303] I [1473] am [1510] the apostle [652] of the Gentiles [1484], I magnify [1392] mine [3450] office [1248]:
19 And [2532] when he had saluted [782] them [846], he declared [1834] particularly [2596] [1520] [1538] what things [3739] God [2316] had wrought [4160] among [1722] the Gentiles [1484] by [1223] his [846] ministry [1248].
24 But [235] none [3762] of these things [3056] move me [4160], neither [3761] count I [2192] my [3450] life [5590] dear [5093] unto myself [1683], so [5613] that I might finish [5048] my [3450] course [1408] with [3326] joy [5479], and [2532] the ministry [1248], which [3739] I have received [2983] of [3844] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], to testify [1263] the gospel [2098] of the grace [5485] of God [2316].
4 But [1161] we [2249] will give ourselves continually [4342] to prayer [4335], and [2532] to the ministry [1248] of the word [3056].
25 That he may take [2983] part [2819] of this [5026] ministry [1248] and [2532] apostleship [651], from [1537] which [3739] Judas [2455] by transgression fell [3845], that he might go [4198] to [1519] his own [2398] place [5117].
17 For [3754] he was [2258] numbered [2674] with [4862] us [2254], and [2532] had obtained [2975] part [2819] of this [5026] ministry [1248].
2 And [2532] to our beloved [27] Apphia [682], and [2532] Archippus [751] our [2257] fellowsoldier [4961], and [2532] to the church [1577] in [2596] thy [4675] house [3624]:
2 And [2532] to our beloved [27] Apphia [682], and [2532] Archippus [751] our [2257] fellowsoldier [4961], and [2532] to the church [1577] in [2596] thy [4675] house [3624]: