Bible Studies

We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.

Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.

If you would like to write for A Word in Time, please email wit@methodistchurch.org.uk

This week's theme: Signs of the Kingdom

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (v. 15)
Colossians 1:15-20
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"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers - all things have been created through him and for him... He is the head of the body, the church;..." (v.15-16, 18)
Colossians 1:15-23
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"For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross." (v.19-20)
Colossians 1:15–20
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“He has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him—provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel.” (vv. 22-23a)
Colossians 1:21-23
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… the hope promised by the gospel that you heard. (v. 23)
Colossians 1:21-23
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“proclaimed to every creature under heaven” (v. 23)
Colossians 1:21-23
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"... so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him - provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard." (v.22-23)
Colossians 1:21–23
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To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (v. 27)
Colossians 1:24-29
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] whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil and struggle with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.” (vv. 28-29)
Colossians 1:24-29
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“the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints” (v. 26)
Colossians 1:24-29
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] whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ." (1:28)
Colossians 1:24 – 2:15
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I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ himself. (v. 2)
Colossians 2:1-7
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