John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

5. For though I am absent in body. Lest any one should object that the admonition was unseasonable, as coming from a place so remote, he says, that his affection towards them made him be present with them in spirit, and judge of what is expedient for them, as though he were present.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Satan spoils souls by beguiling them; he could not ruin you if he did not cheat you. His agents use enticing words and fair speeches to deceive the simple, so you must stand guard against those who would flatter you into evil. The antidote is this: walk in Christ as you received Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith.

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Commenting on Colossians 2:4-12

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

For though I be absent in the flesh,.... Or body, as the Ethiopic version reads it, and as it is expressed in Co1 5:3; here the apostle anticipates an objection which might be made, how he could have such a conflict and concern for them, and express so much affection for them, and know so much of their affairs, in what condition and situation they...