Who was Paul speaking about in Colossians 2:2 and what did he want for them?
Paul was speaking about the believers in Laodicea, in Asia Minor. He wanted their hearts to be comforted, knit together in love, and to reach all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, leading to acknowledgement or acceptance. This was his pastoral desire for them.
Les explains that in Colossians 2:2 Paul is addressing the believers in Laodicea, in Asia Minor. Paul's desire is that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement or acceptance. This follows the earlier emphasis on the mystery once hidden from ages and generations but now made manifest, and Paul's role as the one to whom God revealed the mysteries.
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;