{"id":5331,"date":"2019-04-26T19:28:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T19:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/fraedsla\/?page_id=5331"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:01:12","slug":"kolossubrefid-inngangur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/fraedsla\/ritskyring\/kolossubrefid-inngangur\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9fi\u00f0 – Inngangur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margur er \u00e1 h\u00f6ttunum eftir \u00fev\u00ed, sem „\u00f3sviki\u00f0“ er \u00ed mannl\u00edfinu. Lestu Br\u00e9f P\u00e1ls til K\u00f3lossumanna, en af \u00fev\u00ed skilst a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er Kristur sem f\u00e6rir „l\u00edfi\u00f0 sanna, s\u00e1lum manna.“<\/em><\/p>\n

Hver eru s\u00e9reinkenni K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9fsins?<\/h3>\n

\u00cd br\u00e9fum s\u00ednum ritar P\u00e1ll postuli um \u00feau miklu vatnaskil sem ver\u00f0a \u00feann dag \u00feegar Kristur kemur aftur, sigrar hin illu \u00f6fl og tekur s\u00e9r allt vald \u00e1 himni og j\u00f6r\u00f0u. En \u00ed K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9finu er \u00fev\u00ed l\u00fdst, sem Jes\u00fas Kristur hefur \u00feegar afreka\u00f0. \u00deegar hann gaf upp andann \u00e1 krossinum, voru allar tignir og v\u00f6ld, er st\u00f3\u00f0u \u00ed gegn Gu\u00f0i, a\u00f0 velli l\u00f6g\u00f0 (2.15,20). \u00cd K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9finu er einnig a\u00f0 finna d\u00fdrlegan s\u00e1lm, er l\u00fdsir \u00fev\u00ed hver Kristur er (1.15-20). Hann er sonur Gu\u00f0s (1.15) og „h\u00f6fu\u00f0 l\u00edkamans, kirkjunnar“ (1.18). H\u00f6fundur b\u00e6tir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0, a\u00f0 Kristur s\u00e9 lykillinn a\u00f0 „leyndard\u00f3mi Gu\u00f0s“ (2.2).<\/p>\n

Hvert var tilefni K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9fsins?<\/h3>\n

H\u00f6fundi K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9fsins var miki\u00f0 \u00ed mun a\u00f0 hvetja K\u00f3lossumenn til \u00feess a\u00f0 vera st\u00f6\u00f0ugir \u00ed Kristi og var\u00f0veita tr\u00fa s\u00edna \u00e1 hann (2.6), en l\u00e1ta ekki blekkjast af falskenningum e\u00f0a \u00e1netjast einhverjum af \u00feeim tr\u00faargrillum e\u00f0a annarlegu tilbei\u00f0sluh\u00e1ttum sem \u00fa\u00f0i og gr\u00fa\u00f0i af \u00ed Litlu-As\u00edu \u00feessa t\u00edma (2.8, 16-23). Hann lag\u00f0i fast a\u00f0 \u00feeim a\u00f0 breyta „eins og Gu\u00f0i l\u00edkar“ (1.10). N\u00fa skyldu \u00feeir \u00fev\u00ed leggja af gamla lesti (3.1-9), en \u00edkl\u00e6\u00f0ast \u00ed sta\u00f0inn, eins og Gu\u00f0s \u00fatvalin b\u00f6rn, kristilegum dygg\u00f0um, sam\u00fa\u00f0, g\u00f3\u00f0vild, au\u00f0m\u00fdkt, h\u00f3gv\u00e6r\u00f0 og langlyndi (3.12-14). \u00de\u00e1 gaf hann lesendum s\u00ednum jafnframt heilr\u00e6\u00f0i um \u00fea\u00f0, hversu fj\u00f6lskylduf\u00f3lk og skyldmenni \u00e6ttu a\u00f0 koma fram hvert vi\u00f0 anna\u00f0.<\/p>\n

N\u00e1nar um br\u00e9fi\u00f0<\/h3>\n

K\u00f3lossa var l\u00edtil borg uppi \u00ed landi Litlu-As\u00edu sunnanver\u00f0rar, \u00ed austur\u00e1tt fr\u00e1 a\u00f0al hafnarborginni Efesus, ekki langt fr\u00e1 La\u00f3d\u00edkeu og H\u00ederap\u00f3lis (sj\u00e1 korti\u00f0 h\u00e9r \u00e1 bla\u00f0s\u00ed\u00f0unni). Allar eru \u00feessar borgir fj\u00f3rar nefndar \u00ed K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9finu. H\u00f6fundur br\u00e9fsins hefur a\u00f0 v\u00edsu sj\u00e1lfur aldrei komi\u00f0 til K\u00f3lossu, en hann gle\u00f0st yfir fr\u00e9ttum af \u00fev\u00ed, hve kristnir menn eru \u00fear sterkir \u00ed tr\u00fanni (1.3-7; 2.6,7). \u00dea\u00f0 var Epafras, einn samverkamanna P\u00e1ls, sem bo\u00f0a\u00f0 haf\u00f0i K\u00f3lossum\u00f6nnum fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0 um Jes\u00fa Krist, \u00feegar hann \u00e1tti heima \u00ed K\u00f3lossu (1.7; 4.12,13).<\/p>\n

Sumir fr\u00e6\u00f0imenn hallast a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 P\u00e1ll postuli s\u00e9 ekki h\u00f6fundur K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9fsins, \u00fe\u00f3tt kennt s\u00e9 vi\u00f0 hann. N\u00e6r s\u00e9 a\u00f0 eigna br\u00e9fi\u00f0 einhverjum l\u00e6risveini hans, sem hafi skrifa\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 eftir a\u00f0 P\u00e1ll var allur \u00e1 mi\u00f0jum sj\u00f6unda \u00e1ratugnum eftir Krists bur\u00f0. \u00dea\u00f0 var raunar alsi\u00f0a til forna, a\u00f0 l\u00e6risveinn hei\u00f0ra\u00f0i meistara sinn me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 skrifa \u00ed nafni hans.<\/p>\n

Efnisskipan br\u00e9fsins<\/h3>\n

Upphaf K\u00f3lossubr\u00e9fsins og ni\u00f0urlag \u00feess eru mj\u00f6g \u00ed anda P\u00e1ls postula. H\u00f6fundur heilsar lesendum s\u00ednum n\u00e6stum alveg eins og gert er \u00ed Efesusbr\u00e9finu (K\u00f3l 1.1,2; Ef 1.1,2). A\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0ru leyti er efnisyfirliti\u00f0 svofellt:<\/p>\n