Colosenses 1:8

8 Nos contó del amor por los demás que el Espíritu Santo les ha dado.

Colosenses 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

Colossians 1:8

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
] Not only their love to God, and Christ, and to all the saints, which is before mentioned, but their love to the apostle; though they had only heard of him, and of his great capacity for, and faithfulness and usefulness in preaching of the Gospel, which had greatly endeared him to them. This, he says, was in the Spirit; it was spiritual love, to distinguish it from a carnal and worldly one; they loved him for the spiritual grace that was in him, the spiritual gifts bestowed on him, the spiritual service he was engaged in, and the spiritual usefulness he was of: or they loved him in, and with their spirits, with all their hearts, sincerely, and without dissimulation; and though they had never seen him in the flesh, yet being, as it were, present with him in spirit, their affections were knit unto him: or this their love was "in the Holy Spirit", as the Ethiopic version reads it; it was a fruit of the Spirit of God, which he had implanted in their hearts in regeneration, as is also love to God, and likewise to Christ.

Colosenses 1:8 In-Context

6 Esa misma Buena Noticia que llegó a ustedes ahora corre por todo el mundo. Da fruto en todas partes mediante el cambio de vida que produce, así como les cambió la vida a ustedes desde el día que oyeron y entendieron por primera vez la verdad de la maravillosa gracia de Dios.

7 Ustedes se enteraron de la Buena Noticia por medio de Epafras, nuestro amado colaborador; él es un fiel servidor de Cristo y nos ayuda en nombre de ustedes.

8 Nos contó del amor por los demás que el Espíritu Santo les ha dado.

9 Así que, desde que supimos de ustedes, no dejamos de tenerlos presentes en nuestras oraciones. Le pedimos a Dios que les dé pleno conocimiento de su voluntad y que les conceda sabiduría y comprensión espiritual.

10 Entonces la forma en que vivan siempre honrará y agradará al Señor, y sus vidas producirán toda clase de buenos frutos. Mientras tanto, irán creciendo a medida que aprendan a conocer a Dios más y más.