Scripture index: Colossians

Col 1:2
- Baptism › Children included in visible church, new covenant community
- God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father)
- Subjects of baptism › Children are included in the church
Col 1:2–3
- Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive)
- Trinity › Father is fully God
Col 1:3
- God the Father › Of Jesus
Col 1:3–4
- Effectual grace › Apostles thank God for peoples’ faith
Col 1:3–8
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Col 1:6
- Definite atonement › “World” doesn’t always mean everyone in the world
Col 1:9–11
- Effectual grace › Jesus and apostles pray to God asking that people would be saved
Col 1:12
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
Col 1:12–14
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
Col 1:13
- God is love › The Father loves the Son, the Son loves the Father, etc.
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Col 1:14
- Union with Christ › We are in Christ
Col 1:15
- Attributes of God › Incorporeality (“without body”, immaterial, invisible, spirit)
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Incorporeality › God is invisible
- Jesus is God › Son a created being?
- Man in the image of God › Jesus, fullest realization of
- Simplicity › Form-matter composition
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
Col 1:16
- Eternal generation › Ordered equality
- Jesus is God › “I created alone, by myself”
Col 1:16–17
- Creator-creature distinction › Nothing exists God did not create
- Ex nihilo creation › Nothing exists God did not create
- Jesus is God › Aseity (independent, self-existent, self-sufficient)
- Jesus is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
Col 1:17
- Jesus is God › Eternity (pre-existent)
- Providence › Preservation
Col 1:18
- Church government › Head of the church
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
Col 1:19–20
- Atonement › Christ’s crucifixion redeems us
Col 1:19–22
- Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?”
Col 1:21–22
- Atonement › Christ’s death and burial redeems us
Col 1:23
- No second chance › Men are without excuse
Col 1:25
- Scripture › Apostles seemed aware they were writing Scripture
Col 1:27
- Perichoresis › Of God and creation, created beings?
Col 1:29
- Providence › Concurrence in human will
Col 2:2–3
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
Col 2:3
- Union with Christ › We are in Christ
Col 2:6–8
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
Col 2:8
- Vain thoughts › False doctrine, worldly wisdom, philosophy is vain, wasted thought
Col 2:10
- Church government › Head of the church
- Church government › Source of all the church’s authority
- Jesus is God › Sovereignty
Col 2:11
- Baptism › Circumcision referred to cutting away of sin and change of heart
- Baptism › Christ’s atonement is the real cutting off of sin signified by circumcision and baptism
Col 2:11–12
- Baptism › Baptism replaces circumcision as new covenant initiatory rite
- Baptism › Baptism refers to washing away of sin and spiritual renewal
- Baptism › Infants and children of believers should also be baptized
- Subjects of baptism › Passages cited for infant baptism
Col 2:11–13
- Baptism › Baptism signifies death and resurrection (implying immersion is a necessary symbol)
Col 2:12
- Baptism › Passages cited for immersion
- Church › Right administration of the sacraments
- Means of grace › Baptism
Col 2:12–13
- Amillennialism › “First resurrection” is regeneration
Col 2:13–15
- Atonement › Christ’s crucifixion redeems us
Col 2:14–15
- Adamic covenant › Continuity with Covenant of Grace
Col 2:15
- Amillennialism › Satan bound during church age
Col 2:16–17
- Lord’s Supper › Recurrence, frequency of
- Sabbath › Type, shadow of already but not yet eschatalogical reality
Col 2:16–23
- Religious dietary rules › All things are clean
- Sabbath › Ceremonial aspects done away in Christ
Col 2:18
- Vain thoughts › False doctrine, worldly wisdom, philosophy is vain, wasted thought
Col 3:4
- Life › The Son is life
Col 3:10
- Man in the image of God › Renewal of
Col 3:11
- Jesus is God › Omnipresence (everywhere-present)
Col 3:17
- Eternal generation › Ordered equality
- Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive)
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
- Trinity › Father is fully God
Col 3:18
- Complementarianism › Biblical womanhood
Col 3:19
- Complementarianism › Biblical manhood
Col 3:20
- Baptism › Children included in visible church, new covenant community
- Subjects of baptism › Children are included in the church
Col 3:21
- Complementarianism › Biblical manhood
Col 3:22–24
- Slavery › Slaves are to submit to masters following the example of Christ
Col 3:23
- Attention-deficit disorder › Attentiveness
Col 4:1
- Slavery › Masters are to treat slaves fairly remembering they too have a Master
Col 4:16
- Scripture › NT authors assume church will understand their writings

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