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The Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians

Colossians, with the Fathers

119 passages from St. John Chrysostom, set beside 83 of its 95 verses.

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Whose words you'll read

St. John ChrysostomArchbishop of Constantinople, d. 407. The Church's great preacher on Scripture, who preached through whole books of the Bible verse by verse.

About these notes

Every note is a real passage, quoted word for word from a published English translation, with its source. Nothing here is summarised or written by us. Some verses have many notes and some have none, because the Fathers wrote more on some passages than others.

  • St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Colossians, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1888–1889).
  • Scripture: the King James Version (1611); the Greek (tap Ελ) is the 1904 Patriarchal text of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

All of these translations are in the public domain. The passages were matched to their verses by the Historical Christian Commentaries project, which also hosts the full texts we link to. The Fathers are a treasury of the Church's mind, and they are best read alongside the life of the Church: if a passage raises a question, bring it to your priest.