Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Colossians Chapter 4
Overview
Col 4:1, He exhorts them to be fervent in prayer; Col 4:5, to walk wisely toward them that are not yet come to the true knowledge of Christ; Col 4:10, He salutes them, and wishes them all prosperity.
give: Lev 19:13, Lev 25:39-43; Deu 15:12-15, Deu 24:14, Deu 24:15; Neh 5:5-13; Job 24:11, Job 24:12; Job 31:13-15; Isa 58:3, Isa 58:5-9; Jer 34:9-17; Mal 3:5; Jam 2:13, Jam 5:4
ye: Ecc 5:8; Mat 23:8, Mat 23:9, Mat 24:48-51; Luk 16:1-13, Luk 19:15; Eph 6:8, Eph 6:9-20; Rev 17:14, Rev 19:16
Continue: Col 4:12, Col 1:9; Sa1 12:23; Job 15:4, Job 27:8-10; Psa 55:16, Psa 55:17, Psa 109:4; Luk 18:1; Rom 12:12; Eph 6:18; Phi 4:6; Th1 5:17, Th1 5:18
watch: Mat 26:41; Mar 13:33; Luk 21:36; Pe1 4:7
thanksgiving: Col 2:7, Col 3:15, Col 3:17
praying: Rom 15:30-32; Eph 6:19; Phi 1:19; Th1 5:25; Plm 1:22; Heb 13:18, Heb 13:19
that: Co1 16:9; Co2 2:12; Th2 3:1, Th2 3:2; Rev 3:7, Rev 3:8
a door: The term door is used metaphorically for an entrance to any business, or occasion or opportunity of doing any thing; and consequently "a door of utterance" is an opportunity of preaching the gospel successfully. See the parallel texts.
the mystery: Col 1:26, Col 2:2, Col 2:3; Mat 13:11; Co1 4:1; Eph 6:19
for: Eph 3:1, Eph 4:1, Eph 6:20; Phi 1:7, Phi 1:13, Phi 1:14; Ti2 1:16, Ti2 2:9
I may: Mat 10:26, Mat 10:27; Act 4:29; Co2 3:12, Co2 4:1-4
as: Col 4:6; Act 5:29; Co1 2:4, Co1 2:5; Co2 2:14-17; Eph 6:20
Walk: Col 3:16; Psa 90:12; Mat 10:16; Rom 16:19; Co1 14:19-25; Eph 5:15-17; Jam 1:5, Jam 3:13, Jam 3:17
them: Co1 5:12, Co1 5:13; Th1 4:12; Ti1 3:7; Pe1 3:1
redeeming: Eph 5:16
your: Col 3:16; Deu 6:6, Deu 6:7, Deu 11:19; Ch1 16:24; Psa 37:30,Psa 37:31, Psa 40:9, Psa 40:10, Psa 45:2, Psa 66:16; Psa 71:15-18, Psa 71:23, Psa 71:24, Psa 78:3, Psa 78:4, Psa 105:2, Psa 119:13, Psa 119:46; Pro 10:21, Pro 15:4, Pro 15:7; Pro 16:21-24, Pro 22:17, Pro 22:18, Pro 25:11, Pro 25:12; Ecc 10:12; Mal 3:16-18; Mat 12:34, Mat 12:35; Luk 4:22; Eph 4:29
seasoned: Lev 2:13; Kg2 2:20-22; Mat 5:13; Mar 9:50
how: Pro 26:4, Pro 26:5; Luke 20:20-40; Pe1 3:15
my: Eph 6:21-23
Tychicus: Act 20:4; Ti2 4:12; Tit 3:12
a beloved: Col 4:9, Col 4:12; Eph 6:21; Phi 2:25
a faithful: Co1 4:1-4
I have: Co1 4:17; Co2 12:18; Eph 6:22; Phi 2:28; Th1 3:5
and comfort: Col 2:2; Isa 40:1, Isa 61:2, Isa 61:3; Co2 1:4, Co2 2:7; Th1 2:11, Th1 3:2, Th1 4:18, Th1 5:11, Th1 5:14; Th2 2:17
Onesimus: Col 4:7; Plm 1:10-19
Aristarchus: Act 19:29, Act 20:4, Act 27:2; Plm 1:24
saluteth: Rom 16:21-23
and Marcus: Act 12:12, Act 13:5, Act 13:13, Act 15:37-39; Ti2 4:11; Pe1 5:13
receive: Rom 16:2; Jo2 1:8, Jo2 1:9
who: Act 10:45, Act 11:2; Rom 4:12; Gal 2:7, Gal 2:8; Eph 2:11; Tit 1:10
fellowworkers: Col 4:7; Co1 3:5-9; Co2 6:1; Phi 4:3; Th1 3:2; Plm 1:1, Plm 1:24
a comfort: Co2 7:6, Co2 7:7; Th1 3:7
a servant: Joh 12:26; Gal 1:10; Jam 1:1; Pe2 1:1
always: Col 4:2; Luk 22:44; Gal 4:19; Heb 5:7; Jam 5:16
labouring: or, striving, Col. 2:1-23
that: Col 4:1; Rom 15:30; see note on Col 1:9, Col 1:22, Col 1:28; Mat 5:48; Co1 2:6, Co1 14:20 *Gr: Co2 13:11; Phi 3:12-15; Th1 5:23; Heb 5:14 *Gr: Heb 6:1; Jde 1:24
complete: or, filled, Rom 15:14
Laodicea: Laodicea and Hierapolis were both cities of Phrygia in Asia Minor, between which, and equidistant from each, was situated Colosse. Laodicea was seated near the Lycus, about 63 miles east of Ephesus; and became one of the largest and richest towns in Phrygia, vying in power with the maritime cities. It is now called Eski-hissar, the old castle; and besides the whole surface within the city's wall being strewed with pedestals and fragments, the ruins of an amphitheatre, a magnificent odeum, and other public buildings, attest its former splendour and magnificence. But, when visited by Dr. Chandler, all was silence and solitude; and a fox, first discovered by his ears peeping over a brow, was the only inhabitant of Laodicea. Hierapolis, now Pambouk-Kaiesi, was situated, according to the Itinerary, six miles n of Laodicea; and its ruins are now about a mile and a half in circumference. Col 4:15, Col 4:16, Col 2:1; Rev 1:11, Rev 3:14-18
Laodicea: Col 4:13
the church: Rom 16:5; Co1 16:9; Plm 1:2
Archippus: Plm 1:2
Take: Lev 10:3; Num 18:5; Ch2 29:11; Eze 44:23, Eze 44:24; Act 20:28; Ti1 4:16; Ti1 6:11-14, Ti1 6:20; Ti2 4:1-5
the ministry: Act 1:17, Act 14:23; Co1 4:1, Co1 4:2; Eph 4:11; Ti1 4:6, Ti1 4:14; Ti2 1:6, Ti2 2:2
fulfil: Ti2 4:5
Grace: Rom 16:20,Rom 16:24; Co2 13:14; Ti1 6:21; Ti2 4:22; Heb 13:25