Robert Govett on Colossians

by Robert Govett, 252 pgs, hard cover

Robert Govett’s verse by verse study of Colossians summarizes the epistle as presenting “two great dignities of Christ” to deliver the Church from Gnostic teachings and redirect her to the Person who dwells in us as “the hope of glory” (1:27).

-Christ the one in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells (1:19, 2:9), is the Firstborn of creation (1:15), refuting the Gnostic lie that all matter is evil, created by a lesser god.

-Christ is the Firstborn from the dead, and as such is the Head of the Body, the Church (1:18).

Distracted believers should forget about directly dealing with the sinful flesh and the things of earth, and instead set their minds on and seek Christ and the things above (3:2).