74, The stress of the clause lies indeed on “conviction” (cf. Where is the man with the tiara on his head, which God set there in token of infallibility? When man meets man he must hail his brother; two men cannot pass one another on a journey without recognition; to be sick is to evoke the help of the whole neighbourhood; to be in distress is enough to bring to our aid all who hear of it. The priest will never pass a wounded This being knit together in love is not only a miracle, it is Christ"s miracle. It is curious that St Paul always omits the article before If the sentence is then awkward it is intelligible, and suits the context. An inward consent, and vital owning, a cordial embracing of the fundamental truths of the gospel, The quasi-literal meaning of our passage may be illustrated by Hdt. C’est de lui que le corps tout entier tire sa croissance comme Dieu le veut, grâce à la cohésion et à l’unité que lui apportent les articulations et les ligaments.Vous êtes morts avec Christ à tous ces principes élémentaires qui régissent la vie des gens de ce monde. full discernment, acknowledgement.The, the definite article. Tout cela n’était que l’ombre des choses à venir : la réalité est en Christ. Car c’est en lui, c’est dans son corps, qu’habite toute la plénitude de ce qui est en Dieu. We cannot account for them; how they came to be born we do not know; as a matter of fact, there they are, and they have to be dealt with as entities and factors in human life. money, possessions, or abundance, richness, valuable bestowment.Full assurance, conviction, confidence. 2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, You can"t put a price tag on a full and settled conviction in the truth.

Certains ont, entre autres : En lui se trouvent cachés tous les trésors de la sagesse et de la connaissance.J’affirme cela afin que personne ne vous égare par des discours trompeurs. "THE MYSTERY OF GOD"-Yes, God does have a mystery. .

The problem would begin to raise its head in the congregation, then all of a sudden it would disappear - the people were working at unity within their group.I am not convinced that it was only a desire to be united - I also believe there was a great love for one another within the church and that this was probably the prime mover toward unity.What has Paul been driving at thus far in the text - the supremacy of Christ and truth. That truth can be stated in ten thousand ways is a tribute to truth itself, as well as to the fertility of the human mind. 2 For I want you to know () how great a () struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that () their hearts may be encouraged, being () knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of () God's mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. unite (in association or affection), (mentally) to infer, show, teach: -compact, assuredly gather, intrust, knit together, prove. There is a quasi-union possible, which is founded upon opinion. To be human is to love; to be men is to be knit together; to be alive is to be in brotherhood. (Hence all that think that they know anything of God apart from Christ, contrive to themselves an idol in the place of God; as also, on the other hand, that man is ignorant of Christ, who is not led by him to the Father, and who does not in him embrace God wholly. It can bear the greatest strain. "KNIT TOGETHER"-4822. sumbibazo {soom-bib-ad"-zo}; from 4862 and bibazo (to force; causative [by reduplication] of the base of 939); to drive together, i.e. Christ does not reveal himself in the same way through every one of his children; he accepts the instrument and makes the most and best of it. 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;Our apostle having discovered, in the former verse, that inward anxiety of mind which he laboured under, on the behalf of these Colossians, doth, in these words, propose an expedient how the threatening danger might be averted, namely, by mutual love one to another, and by a clear and effacious faith of the gospel; by these he reckons they would be so closely compacted together, as that no subtlety or violence could endanger them: If, by faith, they did cleave close to God and Christ, and by love keep close to one another, he firmly believed they would give no enemies an opportunity, either to be the successful authors, or the delighted spectators of their ruin.

. Love sits up all night; love never accounts that anything has been given so long as anything has been withheld; love is inventive in sacrifice; it can always see another cross on which it may die in order that some poor sinner may live.