Christian Biblical Reference Books

Two crises in Colosse cause visitors to be sent to the Apostle Paul. First, an old friend brings news that false teachers are laying down rules and...

To the Colossians, preoccupied with legal codes and intellectual disputes, Paul wrote a letter stressing not only the centrality of Christ but also...

The primary theme of Paul's letter to the Colossians is the lordship of Christ. Writing from prison, Paul urges the Colossian believers to remain f...

Easy-to-use 7-session Bible study on Colossians and Philemon that will root you in Christian confidence. Best-selling Bible-study guides with over ...

On the title page of an old Latin edition a satisfied reader made a note of his deep appreciation for Davenant’s masterpiece: ‘Don’t abuse this goo...

Paul’s epistle to the Colossians was written to a group of Christians who still held on to their past Jewish and pagan traditions alongside their f...

In Colossians, Paul points us to the sufficiency of Christ, urging readers to continue to trust in him. Because Christ is supreme over all, our hop...

The aim of this series is to exegete each passage of Scripture succinctly in its grammatical and historical context. Each passage is interpreted in...

In this addition to the award-winning BECNT series, leading New Testament scholar and bestselling author G. K. Beale offers a substantive evangelic...

Inductive Bible Study Helps Readers Understand Colossians and Philemon While confined to house arrest, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Colos...

The Spirit who inspired the authors of the New Testament is at work today around the globe, as evidenced by the explosive growth of pentecostal, ch...

Peace. Provision. Forgiveness. These are basic human needs. Yet who can truly be relied upon to deliver them? In his letter to the Colossians, Paul...

From whatever angle one views the modern age, Colossians and Philemon are up to date.  Their timeless truth speaks to the dilemmas facing the world...

Have we really heard the message of Colossians? Is this New Testament book just another religious text whose pretext is an ideological grab for dom...

While patristic commentary on St. Paul's shorter letters--Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, the Pastorals and Philemon--was not so extensive as that o...

This part of the NIV Application Commentary Series helps readers learn how the message of Colossians and Philemon can have the same powerful impact...

The Word Biblical Commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scrip...

The epistle of Paul to the Colossian church was primarily intended to answer the heresies of that day, but, as Dr. Harrison points out, "in the pro...

Epaphras, pastor of the church at Colosse, reported to an imprisoned Paul that false teachers had infiltrated the Colossian church and were poisoni...

Who was St Columba? How did this Irish aristocrat become the most important figure in early Scottish Christianity? This book examines the differen...

Twenty-one of the forty-five chants, responses, choruses, introits and shorter songs that are featured in the Come All You People songbook. Source...

Come and See walks us through John’s Gospel from beginning to end. Spread across 52 concise and accessible chapters that match the 52 weeks of the ...

3 Effective Ways to Study Scripture for an Essential Understanding of Who God Is The Bible invites us to know God and have eternal life. That makes...

In Come On, People, Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint tell an inspiring story about human beings fighting hardships and succeeding. It is a story a...

Have you ever been stranded in a spiritual wilderness-without compass, comfort or companion? Do you remember feeling frustrated? Angry?

Un Comentario Textual al Nuevo Testamento Griego is the Spanish version of the all-new edition of A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. ...

This unique study considers the exegetical and hermeneutical possibilities of analyzing the entire letter of 1 Thessalonians as letter of consolati...

Julian of Eclanum (c. 386–455) was the bishop of Eclanum, located in modern-day Italy. In this volume in IVP's Ancient Christian Texts series, Thom...

"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead . . ." Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378–444) was one of the most significant figures in the early chu...

Gerhard’s commentary speaks to ministers of the Church and the people they serve. The church fathers considered Paul’s two Epistles to Timothy ess...

Besides the Bible, John Bunyan preferred Luther's classic commentary on Galatians "before all books I have ever seen." Prized for its penetrating i...

This is not a verse by verse commentary. Actually the plan of the book is to take the Levitical sacrifices, types, etc. and relate them to the true...

This is a newly typeset edition of the only commentary on a complete New Testament book ever written by C. H. Spurgeon. Originally published as The...

Martin Luther's most comprehensive work on justification by faith, his commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians is translated and edited f...

There are some good reasons why Matthew Poole’s work was the only 17th century commentary on the whole bible to remain in extensive use until it be...

C.H. Spurgeon advised his students that Poole’s volumes ‘are necessities for your library’, and gave this testimony of his own experience of their ...

Readers of the New Testament often encounter quotes or allusions to the Old Testament that may be unfamiliar or obscure. In this volume, G. K. Beal...

This book is an abridgement of Calvin’s commentary on the Psalms, reducing it to about one quarter of its original size. It is the result of a labo...

The popularity of Dr. Horne's work on the Psalms is due to his heart-warming, Spirit-induced ability to take his readers to the Savior. That he saw...

In these sermons on Matthew 5Ð7, Martin Luther interprets JesusÕ Sermon on the Mount in light of the theological disputes of his day. His understan...

Two lectures, a catalogue of Bible commentaries and Exposition together with a complete textual index of sermons. Students of the Word do not find ...