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Colossians 3:16
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with race in your hearts to the Lord.
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with race in your hearts to the Lord.
COLOSSIANS 3:16 Cristou/ {A} Instead of the unusual expression “the word of Christ,” which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, several witnesses substitute the more customary “the word of God”...
Verse 16. _LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY_] I believe the apostle means that the Colossians should be _well_ _instructed in the doctrine of Christ_; that it should be their constant study...
LET THE WORD OF CHRIST - The doctrine of Christ. DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM - Abundantly, producing the spirit of true wisdom. That doctrine is adapted to make you wise. The meaning is, that t...
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)...
On top of all these things, clothe yourselves with love which is the perfect bond; and let the peace of God be the decider of all things within your hearts, for it is to that peace you were called, so...
WORD. App-121. DWELL. See Romans 8:11. RICHLY. Greek. _plousios._ Only here, 1 Timothy 6:17; Titus 3:6; 2 Peter 1:11....
_the word of Christ_ The precise phrase occurs here only. It is (surely, though Lightfoot advocates the explanation, "Christ's word to the Christian; His influence speaking in the heart") the message...
Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂, אcBC2DGL, etc. vulg. sahid., Syr.Harcl. τοῦ κυρίου, א* memph. Clem. Alex. τοῦ θεοῦ, AC* Thdrt. The fact that ὁ λόγ. τ. χρ. is unique doubtless gave rise to the other readings....
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...
ΈΝΟΙΚΕΊΤΩ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΈΝΟΙΚΈΩ (G1774) жить, проживать, обитать, поселяться, обосновываться (Moule; Preisigke, 1:493). ΠΛΟΥΣΊΩΣ _adv._ (G4146) чрезвычайно богатый, обильно,...
DISCOURSE: 2187 LOVE TO THE SCRIPTURES RECOMMENDED Colossians 3:16. _Let the word of Chist dwell in you richly in all wisdom_. IT was declared to be one of the principal advantages which the Jews enj...
LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY, &C.— That is, "The gospel which you have received;" which the Apostle exhorts them to lay up in their hearts, to meditate upon continually, and to endeavour...
16. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY; IN ALL WISDOM TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS _AND_ HYMNS _AND_ SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING WITH GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS UNTO GOD. _Translatio...
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. The form which...
__ 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...
3:16 wisdom (h-13) It is a question of spiritual understanding whether 'in all wisdom' relates to 'dwell' or to 'teaching.' It may be the former. Paul taught in all wisdom (ch. 1.28), and in them the...
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 WORD OF CHRIST. — Here again the definite phrase, “the word of Christ,” takes the place of the commoner phrase, “the word of the Lord,” “the word of God.” It is to “dwell in their hearts.” Hence i...
[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 PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF THE PEACE OF CHRIST, THE WORD OF CHRIST, AND THE NAME OF CHRIST Colossians 3:15 (R.V) There are here three precepts somewhat loosely connected, of which the first...
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...
ὁ λόγος τοῦ Χριστοῦ : probably, as usually explained, “the Gospel,” so called because He proclaimed it and speaks it through His messengers. Lightfoot interprets it as “the presence of Christ in the h...
Partially parallel to Ephesians 5:19-20....
LOVE, PEACE, AND PRAISE Colossians 3:12 The articles of the Christian's dress are enumerated here, and we need to refer to this list continually in order to be sure that none of them is missing from...
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...
The Result of Putting on Spiritual Garments The result of putting on the spiritual garments Paul has spoken of will be an inner peace that allows one to remain calm when all around him is in confusio...
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in (l) psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (l) By "psal...
Employ yourselves in studying and reading the Scriptures; meditating on what our Saviour has done and suffered for you. It is a calumny of our enemies, that we forbid the reading of the Testament. But...
(12) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; (13) Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any m...
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...
_THE WORD OF CHRIST_ ‘Let the Word of Christ dwell in you.’ Colossians 3:16 Note those words ‘dwell in you.’ They mean more than that the Bible should have a place in your library or on your table....
_OUR EUCHARIST_ ‘Be ye thankful.’ Colossians 3:15 The service of Holy Communion is a Thanksgiving, so named in the Prayer Book, which calls it ‘our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving,’ and from t...
16._Let the word of Christ dwell. _He would have the doctrine of the gospel be familiarly known by them. Hence we may infer by what spirit those are actuated in the present day, who cruelly (449) inte...
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...
LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU,.... The Alexandrian copy and Arabic version read, "the word of God"; by which may be meant the whole Scripture, all the writings of the Old and New Testament, whic...
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Ver. 16. _Dwell...
_And above all these things_ As including them all, and indeed being the source from whence they flow; _put on charity_ Την αγαπην, _love_, namely, to God, his people, and all mankind; _which is the b...
On these verses see the notes on the very similar passage, Ephesians 5:19-33; Ephesians 6:1-9....
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...
Putting on the New - 3:12-17 12THEREFORE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD, HOLY AND BELOVED, PUT ON TENDER MERCIES, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, MEEKNESS, LONGSUFFERING; Because none of the above distinctions are valid,...
LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY; IN ALL WISDOM TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER WITH PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING WITH GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS UNTO GOD. 'LET' -The langu...
12-17 We must not only do no hurt to any, but do what good we can to all. Those who are the elect of God, holy and beloved, ought to be lowly and compassionate towards all. While in this world, where...
LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM: one learned man conceives Paul to have written this first clause of the verse as in a parenthesis, joining in the sense what next follows to _...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II For "if thou shalt love the Lord try God," and then "thy neighbour," let its first manifestation be towards God in thanksgiving and psalmody, and the seco...
Colossians 3:16 Let G1774 word G3056 Christ G5547 dwell G1774 (G5720) in G1722 you G5213 richly G4146 in...
2). WE ARE TO REVEAL THE NEW MAN IN OUR LIVES (COLOSSIANS 3:12). What follows is a brief practical summary of the Christian life which typifies the new man. Graciousness towards others, a forgiving sp...
‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to God.' The ‘logos of Chri...
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....
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...
Colossians 3:16. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY. (The most ancient authorities vary here; but ‘Christ' is well sustained.) ‘The word of Christ' is the word which Christ has spoken, or caus...
THE WORD OF CHRIST (ο λογος του Χριστου). This precise phrase only here, though "the word of the Lord" in 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:1. Elsewhere "the...
GRACE Grace (imparted). (Colossians 4:6); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....
Colossians 3:16 I. Christ's Word is simple. It is all plain to him that understandeth. There have been many books which professed great things; some that promised to work wonders for man, and some tha...
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._...
CHRIST'S MESSAGE. The gospel which Paul had preached to them. TEACH AND INSTRUCT. Those who immerse themselves in God's word to learn his message, will be able to teach others this Truth. SING. Christ...
_Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly._ THE WORD OF CHRIST I. What is it? The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. 1. Christ is their author. 2. He is their subject-matter--they testify...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:12 Paul calls the Colossians to a holy lifestyle, consistent with their new identity. ⇐...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:16 THE WORD OF CHRIST probably refers to the teaching about Christ as well as his own words. Both were part of the oral traditions passed on to early believers. Psalms...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 3:16. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY.—The word for “dwell in” is the same which assures the believer of an indwelling power which shall quicken...
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 Chronicles 25:7; 1 Corinthians 14:15; 1 Corinthians 14:26; 1 John 2:14;...
The word of Christ. The only occurrence of the phrase. The word spoken by Christ. Richly. See on Romans 2:4, and compare ch. 1 27. In all wisdom. Some connect with the preceding words, others with th...
PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING Colossians 3:15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. 2. The call of God to the Church, His Body. 3. Be ye thankful. 4. Let the Word of God d...
Let the word of Christ — So the apostle calls the whole scripture, and thereby asserts the divinity of his Master. Dwell — Not make a short stay, or an occasional visit, but take up its stated residen...
These words come in by way of direction and advice, to help the Colossians in the exercise of the foregoing graces; seeing it is the word of Christ, or the holy scriptures, which teach the foremention...