Andrew Perriman on Colossians 1:24

The following article is now available on-line. Please visit the latest additions page for the link:

Andrew Perriman, "'His body, which is the church...' Coming to Terms with Metaphor," The Evangelical Quarterly 62.2 (Apr.-June 1990): 123-142.

Five articles by Rev Dr Roy Yates Now On-line

The following articles are now available on-line on my new additions page in PDF here.


Roy Yates, "A Note on Colossians 1: 24," The Evangelical Quarterly 42.2 (April-June 1970): 88-92.

Roy Yates, "The Antichrist," The Evangelical Quarterly 45.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1974): 42-50.

Roy Yates, "The Powers of Evil in the New Testament," The Evangelical Quarterly 52.2 (Apr.-June. 1980): 97-111.

Roy Yates, "Paul's Affliction in Asia: 2 Corinthians 1:8," The Evangelical Quarterly 53.4 (Oct.-Dec. 1981): 241-245.

Roy Yates, "The Christian Way of Life: The Paraenetic Material in Colossians 3:1-4:6," The Evangelical Quarterly 63.3 (July-Sept. 1991): 241-251.

Stephen Motyer on The Relationship Between Paul's Gospel of 'All One in Christ Jesus' (Gal. 3:28) and the 'Household Codes'

The following article is now available on-line in PDF:

Stephen Motyer, "The Relationship Between Paul's Gospel of 'All One in Christ Jesus' (Gal. 3:28) and the 'Household Codes'," Vox Evangelica 19 (1989): 33-48.

Michael Parsons on Slavery and the New Testament Equality and Submissiveness

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

Michael Parsons, "Slavery and the New Testament Equality and Submissiveness," Vox Evangelica 18 (1988): 90-96.

Michael Parsons concludes:

First, we can see that the apostles used the contemporary form of house codes in their ethical instruction with creative and imaginative pastoral insight. Keeping the idea of order and submission, the New Testament writers show by their motivation and expectations that slaves and masters are equal in standing in Christ and are equally responsible to him. Paul employs the Haustafeln to emphasize that liberty does not mean disordered and unruly behaviour. It may mean the transforming of the relationships within hierarchical structure. Peter draws the church together in unity within the context of suffering. Second, there is a need to begin with the Haustafeln and then to proceed to Galatians 3:28. We thereby see that the ideas of equality and hierarchy are not incompatible within the influence of the gospel.

John F. Balchin on Colossians 1:15-20 - is it an Early Christian Hymn?

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

John F. Balchin, "Colossians 1:15-20: An Early Christian Hymn? The Arguments from Style," Vox Evangelica 15 (1985): 65-94.

This will prove of interest to those interested in Colossians, but its implications for similar arguments from style and vocabulary are applicable to other books in the New Testament as well.

Ralph P. Martin on Reconciliation and Forgiveness in the Letter to the Colossians

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

Ralph P. Martin, "Reconciliation and Forgiveness in the Letter to the Colossians," Robert Banks, ed., Reconciliation and Hope. New Testament Essays on Atonement and Eschatology Presented to L.L. Morris on his 60th Birthday. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1974. pp. 104-124.

Everything Ralph Martin writes on Colossians is worth reading and this article is no exception.

Wayne Grudem on The Meaning of kephale (“Head”): A Response To Recent Studies

I was recently asked to place online the following article. Happily it is already on-line on the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood website:

Wayne Grudem, “The Meaning of kephale (“Head”): A Response To Recent Studies,” Trinuty Journal ns 11.1 (Spring 1990): 3-72 = Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, ed., John Piper and Wayne Grudem (Westchester: Crossway, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 185684045X. pp.425-468.

Edwin M. Yamauchi on Qumran and Colosse

The following article is now available in PDF:

Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Qumran and Colosse," Bibliotheca Sacra 121 (April-June 1964): 141-152.

In one of his earliest published articles Professor Yamauchi examines the nature of the Colossian heresy.

C.F.D. Moule on New Life in Colossians 3:1-17

The following article is now available in PDF:

C.F.D. Moule, "'The New Life' in Colossians 3:1-17," Review & Expositor 70-4 (Fall 1973): 481-493.

When I wrote to him Professor Moule was very enthusiastic about having his work placed on-line and so I am pleased to upload this article on Colossians 3, thanks to the kind permission of the Review & Expositor.

G.R. Beasley-Murray on Colossians Chapter 2

The following article is now available in PDF:

G.R. Beasley-Murray, "The Second Chapter of Colossians," Review & Expositor 70-4 (Fall 1973): 469-479.

This article provides a detailed exposition of Colossians 2. My thanks to the editorial board of Review & Expositor for their kind permission to reproduce this and other articles from the journal.

Ralph P. Martin on Colossians 1: 15-20

The following article is now available in PDF:

R.P. Martin, "An Early Christian Hymn (Colossians 1:5-20)," The Evangelical Quarterly 36 (1964): 195-205.

The "Christological hymns" of the NT are always favourites to come up in exams, so I am grateful to Professor for his permission to reproduce here another of his excellent articles on the subject.

More material by Ralph P. Martin:

Ralph P.Martin, An Early Christian Confession. Philippians II. 5-11 in Recent Interpretation. London: The Tyndale Press, 1960. pp.69.

Ralph P. Martin, "The Composition of I Peter in Recent Study," Vox Evangelica 1 (1962): 29-42.

R.P. Martin, "A Footnote to Pliny's Account of Christian Worship," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 51-57.

Richard Bauckham on Colossians 1:24

I have just uploaded the following short article in PDF:

Richard J. Bauckham, "Colossians 1:24 Again: The Apocalypse Note," The Evangelical Quarterly 47.3 (July-Sept. 1975): 168-170.

Dr Bauckham concludes in part:

But the force of tou christou is not that Christ (individual or corporate) suffers: it is that suffering is required by the ministry of bearing witness to Christ. The afflictions are “Christ’s” in precisely the sense in which Luke conceives the Church in Acts as continuing the work begun by Christ in his earthly ministry. They are not the redemptive sufferings of Christ (for which thlipsis is never used), but those subsequent afflictions of the Church through which the new age is being brought to birth. They are “deficient” so long as the work of suffering witness is incomplete, i.e. until the parousia, but Paul sees himself as playing a large part in marking up the deficiency by virtue of his apostolic ministry. This interpretation of Col. 1: 24 meets the requirements of its context as Dr. Trudinger’s does not, but at the same time avoids the difficult notions of corporate personality or mystical union and can only be accused of detracting from the sufficiency of Christ’s sufferings if the missionary task of the Church be thought to do that.