According to the image of him who created him. We are created in the image of God, inasmuch as our souls are spiritual and immortal, but here we are put in mind to imitate God by sanctity and justice, as God is holy and the fountain of justice. (Witham) --- The image or resemblance of our Creator was effaced by sin, but is retraced by Jesus Christ, who forms in us this new man. (Bible de Vence)
Verse 10. _AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN_] See on Romans 12:1 (note). _IS RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE_] IGNORANCE was the grand characteristic of the heathen state; KNOWLEDGE, of the Christian. The utmost to...
WHICH IS RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE - In Ephesians 4:24, it is said that the new man is “created after God in righteousness and true holiness.” In this place it is added that to the renewed soul knowledge i...
III. THE PRACTICAL RESULTS: LIVING AS RISEN WITH CHRIST (3-4) CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The life hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:1)_ 2. The contrast: The old man and the new man (Colossians 3:5) 3. Mani...
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RISEN WITH CHRIST. Those who are risen with Christ must aspire to the things above, in the region of Christ's heavenly session at God's right hand. Their minds must be set, not on...
THE RISEN LIFE (Colossians 3:1-4)...
HAVE. having. PUT ON. See Romans 13:12; Romans 13:14. NEW. Greek. _neos._ See Matthew 9:17. RENEWED. See...
_and have put on_ See the last note but one. Cp. Ephesians 4:24; and Colossians 3:12 below, with note. _the new man_ Practically, the new position of acceptance and the new spiritual power of the rege...
ΚΑῚ ἘΝΔΥΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ, “and putting on.” See note on Colossians 3:9. ΤῸΝ ΝΈΟΝ. As the unconverted state was described not as a congeries of separate sinful acts but as a living organism directed by a will,...
5–4:1. _Practical duties_ Colossians 3:5-17, in the individual life; Colossians 3:18_ to_ Colossians 4:1, in the social relations of a household....
5–17. _The individual life_ Colossians 3:5-11. Negatively (together with a general description of the new life), for sins are inconsistent with the new self. Colossians 3:12-17. Positively, especial...
ΈΝΔΥΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΈΝΔΎΟΜΑΙ (G1746) надевать, одеваться. Причинное _part._ (Hendriksen). ΝΈΟΣ (G3501) новый. Это слово обозначает только новизну относительно ко времени (Abbott;...
9. LIE NOT ONE TO ANOTHER; SEEING THAT YE HAVE PUT OFF THE OLD MAN WITH HIS DOINGS, _Translation and Paraphrase_ 9. (And furthermore) do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old...
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: THE NEW MAN. [Here neon (G3501) means 'the recently-put-on nature at regeneration (note, Ephesia...
__ Doctrinal Correction 15 Not only is the believer exempt from the authority of the apostles of the Circumcision, but, in spirit, he is beyond the reach of all human jurisdiction. Even before His r...
3:10 new, (d-6) _ Neos_ , i.e. young or fresh. see Luke 5:37 , Hebrews 12:24 . renewed (e-7) Renewed -- the present tense -- is from the same root as _ kainos_ , as in Romans 12:2 ;...
IN KNOWLEDGE] RV 'unto knowledge.'...
THE CHRISTIAN'S RISEN LIFE AND THE DUTIES IT ENTAILS 1-4. Resurrection with Christ and the heavenly life. PARAPHRASE] '(1) Seeing then that at your conversion you shared not Christ's death only, but...
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 3 HOW TO LIVE YOUR NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST V1 You hav...
(10-17) In these verses we have the corresponding positive exhortation, connected with the idea of resurrection with Christ, through which we put on the new man, holding Christ to be our all in all. O...
THE NEW MAN, WHICH IS (_being_) RENEWED. — There are here the same two different words which are found in the parallel passage. (See Notes on Ephesians 4:22). “The new man” is here properly the _youth...
[5. Practical Exhortation, General. (1) NEGATIVE. — To MORTIFY THE OLD MAN, by fleeing from — (_a_) _Uncleanness and lust_ (Colossians 3:5); (_b_) _Wrath and malice_ (Colossians 3:8); (_c_) _Fa...
CHAPTER 3 THE NEW NATURE WROUGHT OUT IN NEW LIFE Colossians 3:9 (R.V.) IN previous chapter we were obliged to break the close connection between these words and the preceding. They adduce a reason f...
RESURRECTION WITH CHRIST MUST BE COMPLETED BY PARTICIPATION IN HIS HEAVENLY LIFE, WHICH THOUGH AT PRESENT CONCEALED, WILL NOT ALWAYS REMAIN SO. THIS LIFE WITH CHRIST IN HEAVEN DEMANDS THE DEATH OF THE...
τὸν νέον. In Ephesians 4:24 we have καινός, “fresh” (as opposed to “worn out”); νέος is new as opposed to old. The idea contained in κ. is here expressed by ἀνακ. Some (including Sod.) regard “the new...
SEEKING THE “THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE” Colossians 3:1 Let us repeat the glorious truth, which was doubtless the heart of Paul's teaching, that our old nature has been nailed in Christ to the Cross, and...
The believer is to "seek the things... above." The word "seek" marks aspiration, desire, and passion. The things above are those of the empire of Christ. In order to seek these things the mind must be...
Changing Clothes Since the Colossian brethren were dead to the world in Christ, Paul said they should put sin out of their lives. Anger and wrath both describe passions aroused when one is insulted or...
And have put on the new [man], (8) which is renewed in (e) knowledge after the image of him that created him: (8) Newness of life consists in knowledge which transforms man to the image of God his ma...
(5) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (6) For which things' sake the wra...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
10._Which is renewed in knowledge. _He shews in the _first _place, that newness of life consists in _knowledge _— not as though a simple and bare knowledge were sufficient, but he speaks of the illumi...
Now begins the direct exhortations founded on the truth that has been developed, and adapted to the state in which the Colossians were; that is, viewed as risen with Christ, but not sitting in heavenl...
AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN,.... Concerning which, and the putting it on, Ephesians 4:24, WHICH IS RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE; this man, or principle of grace in the soul, is a new one, which never was the...
And have put on the new _man_, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Ver. 10. _After the image_] If moral virtue could be beheld with mortal eyes, saith the philosoph...
_But now ye also_ Being converted to the pure, peaceable, and devout religion of the Lord Jesus; _put off_ Mortify; _all these_ corrupt passions and lusts; _anger_, &c. See on Ephesians 4:31; _blasphe...
PUT ON; adopted new principles and entered on a new course of life, in consequence of having been renewed in the spirit of their minds by the Holy Ghost....
AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN, WHICH IS RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE AFTER THE IMAGE OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM;...
PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN AND PUTTING ON THE NEW....
CHANGING THE OLD FOR THE NEW (vs.1-11) We have seen some practical exhortations mingled with the doctrine of this epistle. Now this chapter begins what is mainly practical instruction based on the t...
Mortifying the Old Nature - 3:5-11 5THEREFORE PUT TO DEATH YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE ON THE EARTH: FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, PASSION, EVIL DESIRE, AND COVETOUSNESS, WHICH IS IDOLATRY. When you see the...
AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN, THAT IS BEING RENEWED UNTO KNOWLEDGE AFTER THE IMAGE OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM: 'HAVE PUT ON' - _ Points to Note:_ 1. Christianity is much more than just "getting rid" o...
5-11 It is our duty to mortify our members which incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin which spread and destroy all about them. Continual oppo...
AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN: (To see number 1: SEE POOLE ON "COLOSSIANS 3:9"). 2. Vivification, or renovation; this he connecteth with the former, continuing the metaphor. As in natural generation the...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V For what other visible fruit is there of the invisible Spirit, than the rendering of the flesh mature and capable of incorruption? If then [he says], "To live in the...
Colossians 3:10 and G2532 on G1746 (G5671) new G3501 who G3588 renewed G341 (G5746) in G1519 knowledge...
‘But now you, also, put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking from the mouth. Do not lie, the one to the other, seeing you have put off the old man with his doings, and have...
Colossians 3:10. AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN. This is coincident in time with the ‘putting off,' but in the workings of grace ‘the initiative is with the new man and in virtue of the Divine power crea...
2. _General Exhortations_. We find here, though in much briefer form, substantially the same exhortations contained in Ephesians 4:17 to Ephesians 5:21. The section may be thus divided: (1.) Negative...
III. HORTATORY PART: LIVE AS THOSE SHOULD LIVE WHO WERE RAISED WITH CHRIST THE HEAD. (1.) Fellowship with the Exalted Christ the motive for the new life; Colossians 3:1-4. (Transitive paragraph.) (2....
AND HAVE PUT ON (κα ενδυσαμενο). First aorist middle participle (in causal sense as before) of ενδυνω, old and common verb (Latin _induo_, English endue) for putting on a garment. Used of putting o...
CREATED (_ See Scofield) - (Ephesians 4:24). _...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God._ Oh! how often we need to be called to this, for the flesh is grove...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth._ Th...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God._ Your Lord and Master has gone up to heaven. You profess that he re...
CONTENTS: Believer's union with Christ here and hereafter, and the fruit of such union. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The true believer is united with Christ in a union which can never b...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ,_ above the darkness and torpor of the present world, as in Colossians 2:20, live in conformity to your hope, by seeking _those things that are above._...
THIS IS THE NEW MAN. Those born of water and the Spirit (John 3:5) become _new_ in Christ and "march to a different drummer" (Ephesians 4:24). CONSTANTLY RENEWING. Growing, maturing (see Hebrews 6:1-3...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:9 SEEING THAT YOU HAVE PUT OFF THE OLD SELF... AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW SELF. The Greek grammar indicates that this is an event that has already taken place. A change of...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Colossians 3:9_ The New Spiritual Nature. In the primitive Church it was customary for the new converts, after putting aside their heathenish vestments, to array t...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 3:1 SECTION VII. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE. The apostle, having delivered his attack on the system of error inculcated at Colossae, now passes from the controversial to the more...
So then, If then you are risen with Christ [If you are risen with Christ... going back to buried with Christ in baptism, now risen with Him], seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth a...
1 Corinthians 15:53; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:5;...
New [ν ε ο ν]. See on Matthew 26:29. Compare Ephesians 5:24. Is renewed [α ν α κ α ι ν ο υ μ ε ν ο ν]. Rev., better, giving the force of the present participle, is being renewed : in process of contin...
THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS Colossians 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Seven pairs of things: 1. Things above, and things on the earth (Colossians 3:2). 2. Things seen, and things not seen (2 Cori
In knowledge — The knowledge of God, his will, his word....