Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Colossians 3:22
Eyeservice — Being more diligent under their eye than at other times. Singleness of heart — A simple intention of doing right, without looking any farther. Fearing God — That is, acting from this principle.
Eyeservice — Being more diligent under their eye than at other times. Singleness of heart — A simple intention of doing right, without looking any farther. Fearing God — That is, acting from this principle.
Verse 22. _SERVANTS, OBEY_] See on Ephesians 6:5....
SERVANTS, OBEY IN ALL THINGS ... - ; see the notes at Ephesians 6:5....
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...
COLOSSIANS 3:18 TO COLOSSIANS 4:1. CERTAIN DUTIES INTERPRETED IN RELATION TO CHRIST. _ Cf._ Ephesians 5:22 *. Col. omits the simile of Christ and the Church. A reason is given why fathers should not h...
THE RISEN LIFE (Colossians 3:1-4)...
Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat them harshly. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the...
SERVANTS. App-190. MASTERS. App-98. ACCORDING TO. App-104. EYESERVICE... MENPLEASERS. See Ephesians 6:6, SINGLENESS. See Ephesians 6:5. GOD. The texts read "the Lord",...
_Servants_ BONDSERVANTS, SLAVES. Cp. Ephesians 6:5-8; and see 1 Corinthians 7:21-22; 1 Timothy 6:1-2; Titus 2:9-
22–4:1. _Slaves and Masters_ Δοῦλοι must have formed a large proportion of the believers in St Paul’s days, and their behaviour to their masters (whether Christians or not) must have been an importan...
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....
18–4:1. _The social relations of a household_ Colossians 3:18-19. Wives and Husbands. Colossians 3:20-21. Children and Fathers. Colossians 3:22_ to_...
ΦΟΒΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ ΤῸΝ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ. An apparently unique phrase. Text. Rec. has the common expression φοβ. τὸν θεόν with אcDcK. 22. ΟἹ ΔΟΥ͂ΛΟΙ, ὙΠΑΚΟΎΕΤΕ, Colossians 3:20, note. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΚΑΤᾺ ΣΆΡΚΑ ΚΥΡΊΟΙΣ. For κατὰ...
ΥΠΑΚΟΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΑΚΟΎΩ (G5219) подчиняться, ΌΦΘΑΛΜΟΔΟΥΛΊΣΙ (G3787) _ciai. sing._, показуха. Это значит, что человек работает, пока за ним наблюдают; поверхностная работа, когда по...
22. SERVANTS, OBEY IN ALL THINGS THEM THAT ARE YOUR MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH; NOT WITH EYE-SERVICE, AS MEN-PLEASERS, BUT IN SINGLENESS OF HEART, FEARING THE LORD: _Translation and Paraphrase_ 2...
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: MASTERS, [ kuriois (G2962)] - implying rule: despote...
_CORRECTION-DEPORTMENT_ 17 We should always distinguish between our place "in _ Christ_ " and "in the Lord". "In _ Christ_ " physical distinctions vanish, even the distinction between the sexes is go...
The case of slaves is treated more fully, since the case of Onesimus was engaging Paul's attention. But he wished to keep the gospel clear of any attempt to revolutionise society. It was to be leaven,...
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...
(22-25) Compare throughout Ephesians 6:5. The only peculiarity of this passage is the strong emphasis laid on “the reward of the inheritance.” “The reward” is in the original, _a perfect recompense_ o...
[6. Special Exhortation as to the relations of life. (1) THE DUTY OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS (Colossians 3:18). (2) THE DUTY OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Colossians 3:20). (3) THE DUTY OF SLAVES AND MAST...
CHAPTER 3 THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY Colossians 3:18; Colossians 4:1 (R.V.) This chapter deals with the Christian family, as made up of husband and wife, children, and servants. In the family, Christianit...
to Colossians 4:1. ENFORCEMENT OF THE RECIPROCAL DUTIES OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS, CHILDREN AND PARENTS, SLAVES AND MASTERS, WITH FREQUENT REFERENCE TO THESE DUTIES AS INVOLVED IN THEIR DUTY TO CHRIST. In...
The case of slaves is treated at greater length than that of the other family relations, probably on account of Onesimus. But Paul was much possessed with the need for keeping Christianity free from t...
HOME AND BUSINESS RELATIONS Colossians 3:18; Colossians 4:1 From these high flights into the eternal and divine, Paul turns to the daily duties of the home, and demands that in the simplest domestic...
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...
Instructions for Servants and Masters Paul has been criticized by some for not openly condemning slavery. However, the instructions he gave to slave and master must have hastened that terrible system'...
(14) Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: (14) Of servants, that fearing God himself to wh...
(18) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. (19) Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (20) Children, obey your parents in all things: for this...
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...
_RULES OF SERVICE_ ‘Servants, obey in all things your masters … not with eye-service … but in singleness of heart … do it heartily, as to the Lord … for ye serve the Lord Christ.’ Colossians 3:22 S...
22_Servants, be obedient. _Anything that is stated here respecting _servants _requires no exposition, as it has been already expounded in commenting on Ephesians 6:1, with the exception of these two e...
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...
SERVANTS, OBEY IN ALL THINGS YOUR MASTERS,.... That is, in all things relating to the body, and bodily service; not to the conscience, and religious worship; in things worldly, and not spiritual; in a...
Servants, obey in all things _your_ masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: Ver. 22. _Not with eye service_] _See Trapp on "_ Eph...
_Wives, submit yourselves_ Or be subject; _to your own husbands_ Whether they be Christians or heathen. See on Ephesians 5:22. _As it is fit_ Both in regard of God's command, and the evil that would a...
IN ALL THINGS; unless they command you to do wrong. NOT-AS MEN - PLEASERS; not merely or principally for the purpose of pleasing men, with constrained or outward service only; but willingly, heartily...
On these verses see the notes on the very similar passage, Ephesians 5:19-33; Ephesians 6:1-9....
The conduct of Christians in various stations in life:...
SERVANTS, OBEY IN ALL THINGS YOUR MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH; NOT WITH EYE-SERVICE, AS MEN-PLEASERS, BUT IN SINGLENESS OF HEART, FEARING GOD....
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...
Practical Injunctions - 3:18 - 4:1 18WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS IS FITTING IN THE LORD. As he does in several letters, Paul spends some time in the practical area and addresses several g...
SERVANTS, OBEY IN ALL THINGS THEM THAT ARE YOUR MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH; NOT WITH EYE-SERVICE, AS MEN-PLEASERS, BUT IN SINGLENESS OF HEART, FEARING THE LORD: 'SERVANTS' -In reading the letters...
18-25 The epistles most taken up in displaying the glory of the Divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular in pressing the duties of the Christian life. We must never separa...
SERVANTS: the apostle knowing how hard the condition of servitude was, both under the Jews and Gentiles, lest any believers in that mean condition should disgust so strict a subjection, especially to...
Didache masters as to a type of God, in modesty and fear.[53] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book IV love him both as his master, and as of the same faith, and as a father, but still with the p...
Colossians 3:22 Bondservants G1401 obey G5219 (G5720) in G2596 things G3956 masters G2962 according G2596 flesh G4
‘Servants obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do work heartily as to...
Colossians 3:22. SERVANTS, lit., ‘bondmen,' slaves. See Ephesians 6:5-6. In all things. Peculiar to this passage. Here, as in Colossians 3:20, it states the general rule; the limitations arise from th...
3. _Special Precepts as to Household Relations._ This section agrees, not only in outline, but in detail, with the corresponding passage in Ephesians. The arrangement is identical, the precepts and mo...
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....
YOUR MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH (τοις κατα σαρκα κυριοις). "Lords" really, but these Christian slaves (δουλο) had Christ as lord, but even so they were to obey their lords in the flesh.NOT WITH...
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._ Oh! how often we need to be called to this, for the flesh is grove...
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._...
SLAVES. Half the world were slaves in the first century. Christianity took the sting out of slavery, and finally brought an end to it. Both the slave and the servant had the same duties. It was their...
_Servants, obey in all things your masters._ SERVANTS AND MASTERS I. A precept of obedience. 1. The occasion of this precept seems to spring from the circumstance that converted servants thought the...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:22 BONDSERVANTS, OBEY IN EVERYTHING THOSE WHO ARE YOUR EARTHLY MASTERS. God has ordered family relationships from creation, and Paul’s instructions on marriage represen...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 3:23. WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO IT HEARTILY.— Ephesians 6:7, “With good will doing service.” R.V. gives the distinction which is obliterated by “do, do” of A.V....
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 Peter 2:18; 1 Peter 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Timothy 6:1;...
Masters [κ υ ρ ι ο ι ς]. See on Lord, 2 Peter 2:1, and Matthew 21:3. Kuriov Lord and despothv master came to be used interchangeably in the New Testament, though originally the latter involved such au...
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...
Doesn’t this command perpetuate the institution of slavery? (See discussion on Philemon 1:16.)...
Observe here, 1. The general duty incumbent upon all servants, and that is obedience to such as are their masters according to the flesh, to execute all their lawful commands; such as are God's freeme...