Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For—argument against their suffering themselves to be beguiled, drawn from a regard to his personal authority as though he were present.
joying and beholding—beholding with joy.
order—your good order; answering to "knit together" (Colossians 2:2) as a well-organized body; the same Greek as that for knit together, is used of the body" of the Church compacted," in Ephesians 4:16. Compare I Corinthians 14:33, I Corinthians 14:40.
steadfastness—Greek, "the firm (or 'solid') foundation." As "order" expresses the outward aspect of the Church; so "steadfastness" expresses the inner basis on which their Church rested. The Greek literally implies not an abstract quality, but the thing in the concrete; thus their "faith" here is the solid thing which constituted the basis of their Church.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Colossians 2:5:
1 Corinthians 5:3
Colossians 2:1
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