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This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general...

seem, inanimate nature (cf. Col. 1:20c; Rom. 8:19–21), the world of humankind (cf. Col. 1:20c, 21–22) and those angelic powers that were opposed to God (cf. Col. 1:16, 20c). Col. 1:21–23, and especially the conditional clause in Col. 1:23a, “make it clear that while the whole universe has now been restored to its God-ordained destiny [= reconciled], viz. its proper relation to Christ, in an objectively real reconciliation, still the benefits of this reconciliation are not experienced by individual
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