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.) General exhortations; Colossians 3:5-17. (Negative, Colossians 3:5-11; and positive, Colossians 3:12-17.)

(3.) Special precepts as to household relations; chaps. Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1.

(a.) Wives and husbands (Colossians 3:18-19).

(b.) Children and parents (Colossians 3:20-21).

(c.) Servants and masters (chap. Colossians 3:22 to Colossians 4:1).

(4.) Concluding exhortation, in relation to prayer and conduct toward those without; Colossians 3:2-6.

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