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Burial speaks of the utter end of ourselves; resurrection of a new beginning in Him.
We must now turn our attention to the remainder of the verse:--
"In Whom ye were also raised together through the faith of the operation of God, Who
hath raised Him from the dead" (Col. 2: 12).
Webster's note here is helpful:--
"Faith has respect to the power of God in the resurrection of Jesus, as having therein
effected that on which objectively our salvation depends, and also as effecting that
subjectively which is our salvation, viz., our new spiritual life."
In order to establish the connection of this passage with Eph. 1: 9 - 2: 1, we must just
refer to Col. 2: 13:--
"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He
quickened together with Him."
These words are evidently a parallel with Eph. 2: 1:--
"And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins."
We leave, for the moment, the question of the true translation of these words, as our
present intention is to establish a connection between Eph. 1: 19 onwards and Col. 2: 12
onwards.
Ephesians.
Colossians.
"The fullness in Christ" (2: 9, 10).
"The fullness in Christ" (1: 23).
"Head of all principality and powers"
"Head over all things to the Church.
(2: 10).
Far above principality and powers"
(1: 21, 22).
"The faith of the operation (energeia) of
"To us-ward who believe, according to
God, Who hath raised Him from the
the working (energeia) of His mighty
dead" (2: 12).
power, which He wrought in (energeo)
Christ, when He raised Him from the
dead" (1: 19, 20).
"Dead in your sins and the
"Dead in trespasses and sins" (2: 1-5).
uncircumcision of your flesh" (2: 13).
"Hath He quickened together with
"Hath quickened us together with
Him" (2: 13).
Christ" (2: 5).
"Blotting out the handwriting of
"Having abolished in His flesh the
ordinances that was against us" (2: 14).
enmity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances" (2: 15).
The above evidences are sufficient to establish the fact that the apostle follows the
same line of teaching in Col. 2: 12, 13 as is more fully developed in Eph. 1: 19 - 2: 5.